Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles gets suspended jail term for falsifying financial data but is acquitted of bitcoin embezzlement
Japan Times :
Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles gets suspended jail term for falsifying financial data but is acquitted of bitcoin embezzlement
The high-flying creator of the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange received a suspended jail sentence of 2½ years after a Japanese court Friday found him guilty on charges of data manipulation.
Japanese prosecutors charge former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles with embezzlement
Kyoko Hasegawa / Agence France-Presse :
Japanese prosecutors charge former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles with embezzlement
Japan charges Bitcoin exchange CEO with embezzlement — Japanese prosecutors said Friday that they have charged the head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox with embezzlement, amid fraud allegations ...
DHS suspected Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles may have been Silk Road's mastermind, Dread Pirate Roberts
Andy Greenberg / Wired :
Mt. Gox CEO Denies Silk Road Involvement: ‘I Am Not Dread Pirate Roberts’
Mark Karpeles, the CEO of Mt. Gox—which was once the world's most popular Bitcoin exchange—has denied any involvement in Silk Road and has told Motherboard that he's not Dread Pirate Roberts, the man ...