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Two things I find hard to believe: 1. That guy isn't in prison? 2. That guy convinced someone to invest in his venture?
by vintermann 4y ago
Two things I find hard to believe:
1. That guy isn't in prison?
2. That guy convinced someone to invest in his venture?
- Glawen 4y agoHe is CTO of a VPN: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/why-i-hired-mt-gox-ex-ceo-mark-karpeles-as-cto-of-london-trust-media/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/why-i-hired-mt-go...
- key_stroker 4y agoAlso shells https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shells/people https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shells/people with the irc guy.
- redeeman 4y agoone VPN I would never pay money to
- Grimburger 4y agoHe went to prison in Japan and served his term.
- gonzo 4y agoHe didn’t go to prison. He was sentenced on March 19, 2019 to 30 months in prison, suspended for four years, meaning he will serve no time unless he commits additional offenses before March 19, 2023.
- Grimburger 4y agoI perhaps stand corrected? He did spend a considerable amount of time in prison. > Mark Karpeles, who has been spending time in a Japanese jail for the past 10 months is finally out. *2016 https://newsbtc.com/news/mark-karpeles-from-mt-gox-out-of-jail-on-bail/ https://newsbtc.com/news/mark-karpeles-from-mt-gox-out-of-ja...
- seanhunter 4y agoIt seems he was also earlier found guilty of fraud in France also https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/why-the-head-of-mt-gox-bitcoin-exchange-should-be-in-jail/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/why-the-head-of-...
- ekianjo 4y agofake news. He did not.
- micah94 4y agoHe was convicted in Japan because everybody gets convicted in Japan, especially a foreigner. But he saw no jail time.
- ekianjo 4y ago> 2. That guy convinced someone to invest in his venture? Con men usually manage to con other people?