[2017-07-10]Wolf of Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles Faces Music in Tokyo

[btc_angela]

Wolf of Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles Faces Music in Tokyo

The biggest and most notorious Bitcoin exchange hack will be scrutinized in a Tokyo court this week as Mt.Gox’s Mark Karpeles is brought before the law to answer charges of embezzlement and data manipulation.

“He is keeping calm as the trial gets under way," his lawyer Kiichi Lino said, also stating that Karpeles plans to plead not guilty.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wolf-of-mt-gox-mark-karpeles-faces-music-in-tokyo

[aso118]

Wolf of Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles Faces Music in Tokyo

The biggest and most notorious Bitcoin exchange hack will be scrutinized in a Tokyo court this week as Mt.Gox’s Mark Karpeles is brought before the law to answer charges of embezzlement and data manipulation.

“He is keeping calm as the trial gets under way," his lawyer Kiichi Lino said, also stating that Karpeles plans to plead not guilty.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wolf-of-mt-gox-mark-karpeles-faces-music-in-tokyo

Even in a developed country like Japan, with a supposedly efficient law enforcement mechanism, it has taken 3 years for Mark to come to trial.
Those who have lost money at Gox have waited a long time for this.

[Vishnu.Reang]

He must be tried for culpable homicide. He stole almost $1 billion worth of coins and fiat cash. A number of people committed suicide after the hack happened. A lot many had their life savings gone for ever. The minimum sentence should be life without parole.