<MagicalTux> do you even understand what a police investigation is?
23:44:08 <MagicalTux> only the police can disclose elements they deem safe to be disclosed
23:44:22 <anarchystar> funny
23:44:32 <anarchystar> do you understand what fraud is?
23:45:23 <MagicalTux> I do, yes
23:45:53 <MagicalTux> I do not not see however what this has to do with me giving or not giving you confidential details on the investigation in progress
These above lines in the chat, if authentic, seem to imply that it is the Tokyo police who have gagged MK, and point to the Japanese government as potentially the ones responsible for impounding Mt. Gox's missing 650,000 bitcoins and $27 million in bank deposits. Previous speculation centered on a seizure of the funds by the USG and subsequent gagging.
It's difficult to understand how bank deposits in Japan and Europe could have been seized by the USG--makes far more sense that Japan did the deed, and that Eurpoean banks merely cooperated. Also, MK portrays himself as somewhat of a passive bystander in the whole matter. Since he didn't come to the U.S. to be deposed in Texas, or appear before FINSEN in Washington, D.C. when subpoenaed, it appears that from any practical standpoint, he is beyond the reach of the USG. Therefore, it is far more likely that Japan is giving MK his marching orders.
All of the above further supports the notion that had there in fact been a seizure, then the Japanese government must be behind it. If so, then it kind of makes a total farce out of the entire Tokyo bankruptcy proceeding under the good Mr. Kobayashi.
If all this boils down to a case of asset stripping, as speculated earlier, <
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=615261.0>, there appears to be the real possibility of collusion between the Japanese government entities involved in any said putative seizure of assets, and those parties involved in the alleged asset stripping.
