Much has been discussed on the Mt.Gox situation but there still has not been an acceptable explanation.
In this pastebin are some of the bigger events leading up to mt.gox withdrawal issues. I feel there may be a strong link towards the silk road investigations, money laundering and perhaps some well known parties and individuals in the bitcoin space.
http://pastebin.com/jES4zEufPlease discuss!
Didn't click the link, but I'll pretend that I did and suggest that fat lad surely would have had links to Silk Road. Bitcoin itself grew on Silk Road, so it makes sense that the world's largest exchange (then) was involved in some way.
Fair enough, and I have to say Silk Road is sorely missed.
One of my conspiracy theories is that Karpeles has been in the grip of organised crime. I look at this way, if I had some connections, was high up in the pecking order and felt that no others would want to take me on, taking bitcoins and cash from Karpeles wouldn't be that hard. So I might well have had a chat with him and made some plans.
I tell you what, if Karpeles ends up looking at a long sentence because it is discovered that he stole, he will play this card. Just watch him.
Obviously I have no evidence whatsoever for anything written above (apart from the comment about missing Silk Road).