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Title: Mark Karpeles arrested by japanese authority
Post by: White sugar on August 01, 2015, 07:16:25 AM
http://www.coindesk.com/mt-gox-ceo-mark-karpeles-arrested-in-japan/


video: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150801_05.html

for the tldr people:

the news source stated that Karpeles has not yet been charged with any crimes, meaning he could be detained for up to 23 days before a formal charge without the possibility of bail.


Title: Re: Mark Karpeles arrested by japanese authority
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on August 01, 2015, 07:17:42 AM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1139406.0

discussing here already  :)


Title: Re: Mark Karpeles arrested by japanese authority
Post by: White sugar on August 01, 2015, 07:20:48 AM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1139406.0

discussing here already  :)


the discussion is about him being charged by fraud in the future, not him being arrested, but ok if the mods want merge or delete this topic


Title: Re: Mark Karpeles arrested by japanese authority
Post by: Mowcore on August 01, 2015, 07:30:05 AM
Yeah, we do kinda need a new thread for the actual arrest. :)

http://media.coindesk.com/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.02.30-PM-300x185.png


Title: Re: Mark Karpeles arrested by japanese authority
Post by: Brewins on August 01, 2015, 09:56:09 AM
They arrested him without formal accusation???

This is worse than USA, at least to detain someone without accusations you need to make fake terrorism accusations