What do we know about Gonzague Gay-Bouchery (of Mt Gox)?

[nahtnam]

Is there anything that links him with Mt.Gox's stolen bitcoins and the background activity?

He worked for the company and had physical access to the offices. If Mark did not trust him with access to various resources, it could be easy to install key-loggers and stealth surveillance gear to get the information he was looking for.

So you are claiming that he stole the bitcoins?

Can't they atleast find out which address has the btc?

No, I'm not claiming that Gay took the bitcoins. Most likely it is Mark, but it could be someone using Mark as a scapegoat as well.

Truth is nobody knows the full story except for those involved. But since 200K BTC was recovered, people should at least get something back.

In all honesty we don't know very much apart from the fact that something is going on and there's some investigations, but what will come out of it - nobody knows.

That sucks. So they found 200k, so how much is still missing?

[TheFootMan]

Is there anything that links him with Mt.Gox's stolen bitcoins and the background activity?

He worked for the company and had physical access to the offices. If Mark did not trust him with access to various resources, it could be easy to install key-loggers and stealth surveillance gear to get the information he was looking for.

So you are claiming that he stole the bitcoins?

Can't they atleast find out which address has the btc?

No, I'm not claiming that Gay took the bitcoins. Most likely it is Mark, but it could be someone using Mark as a scapegoat as well.

Truth is nobody knows the full story except for those involved. But since 200K BTC was recovered, people should at least get something back.

In all honesty we don't know very much apart from the fact that something is going on and there's some investigations, but what will come out of it - nobody knows.

That sucks. So they found 200k, so how much is still missing?

Would not that be about 550k btc?

But as the word goes a liquidation process can take years, and bitcoins might be sold for fiat money..

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Is there anything that links him with Mt.Gox's stolen bitcoins and the background activity?

He worked for the company and had physical access to the offices. If Mark did not trust him with access to various resources, it could be easy to install key-loggers and stealth surveillance gear to get the information he was looking for.

So you are claiming that he stole the bitcoins?

Can't they atleast find out which address has the btc?

No, I'm not claiming that Gay took the bitcoins. Most likely it is Mark, but it could be someone using Mark as a scapegoat as well.

Truth is nobody knows the full story except for those involved. But since 200K BTC was recovered, people should at least get something back.

In all honesty we don't know very much apart from the fact that something is going on and there's some investigations, but what will come out of it - nobody knows.

That sucks. So they found 200k, so how much is still missing?

Would not that be about 550k btc?

But as the word goes a liquidation process can take years, and bitcoins might be sold for fiat money..

Don't forget, Bicoinica's funds were trusted with Mt Gox that were never returned.

[TheFootMan]

Don't forget, Bicoinica's funds were trusted with Mt Gox that were never returned.

Oh that money. It's probably used for fancy sports cars already. Isn't it convenient to confiscate funds indefinitely?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Gonzague Gay-Bouchery and Terrie Lloyd. Let's explore deeper, shall we?

http://www.terrielloyd.com/

Just Who is TERRIE LLOYD (テリー・ロイド)?

Terrie Lloyd (テリー・ロイド) is a 56-year dual-national of Australia and New Zealand, who has lived in Japan for 30 years. A “self-made man” in the truest sense, he formed his first company while in Japan on a working holiday visa at the age of 25. Since then, he has established another 18 companies of his own and many others for clients.

Lloyd has brought his investors 8 successful earn-outs: LINC Computer in Japan and Techman in Hong Kong sold to EDS in 1995, the Web division of LINC Media sold to Chinadotcom in 1999, Layer-8 Technologies spun out to ThetaMusic in 2003, DaiJob Software Inc. sold to Nikko Principal in 2004, DaiJob Inc. sold to Human Holdings in 2005, and Esphion Ltd. in New Zealand sold to Allot Communications Inc. of Israel in 2007.

Currently Lloyd is the CEO and/or shareholder in: web site marketing/development firm LINC Media, back office services provider MyHR, travel web portal Japan Travel KK, inbound market research/consulting firm Japan Inc. Holdings, and software development firm MetroWorks. Between them, these companies employ in excess of 30 staff. www.japantravel.com is Japan’s largest inbound travel portal (by content volume), and has more than 2,000 contributors writing 8,000+ articles in English, Japanese, Chinese(Simplified/Traditional), Korean, Thai, and French.

http://capitalismisfreedom.com/bitcoin-bank-boss-hit-death-threats-missing-400-million-2/

Japan’s financial regulators have been reluctant to intervene in the Mt Gox situation, saying they don’t have jurisdiction over something that’s not a real currency.

They pointed to the Consumer Affairs Agency, which deals with product safety, as one possible place where disgruntled users may go for help.

The agency’s minister Masako Mori urged extreme caution about using or investing in Bitcoins.

The agency has been deluged with calls about Bitcoins since earlier this year.

‘We’re at a loss for how to help them,’ said Yuko Otsuki, who works in the agency’s counselling department.

With little evidence of wrong doing from Karpeles so far, the question now turns to who might have siphoned the money from the online accounts.

‘It’s probably a case of Babes in the Wood getting hacked,’ says long term resident of Tokyo and business leader Terrie Lloyd.

‘The hacking scenario would have come about because Mt. Gox was an early entrant and thus it and other exchanges’ code was not tested. Unfortunately, they failed that test,’ he said.

‘I’m guessing that they got hacked as early as 2012, because in 2013 they started delaying Bitcoin conversions. In this respect, the management was negligent for trying to continue trading and they will probably have legal repercussions because of that.’

Terrie Lloyd also penned the following: http://akihabaranews.com/2014/02/11/article-en/terries-take-abenomics-not-looking-awesome-sony-no-vaio-mt-gox-sinking-and

Mt. Gox going under?

If you're like us, you've vaguely heard of Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency that keeps users basically anonymous and which is highly popular in countries where currency is controlled and in industries that like to skirt the law. You may not know, however, that until mid-2013, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges, businesses that exchange bitcoins for real currencies, was Mt. Gox here in Japan. The company at one point was believed to handle almost half the trades (1m or so) done on the bitcoin network. Now, however, doubts over whether the exchange is still solvent and can still honor bitcoin redemption/exchange requests means that its trading volume has fallen to just 30,000 trades. The largest exchange for the currency is now BitStamp in Slovenia. ***Ed: The shadowy Bitcoin network is alive with complaints about Mt. Gox being highly unresponsive and slow to honor trades, so most users no longer trust it. Of the two founders, both of whom are foreign, one is still in Japan. You can still find an entry for Mark Karpeles on Linked In.** (Source: TT commentary from businessinsider.com, Feb 7, 2014)

akihabaranews.com ran an inclusive interview that most of you probably read: http://en.akihabaranews.com/136313/interview/mt-gox-exclusive-with-the-worlds-leading-bitcoins-exchange, of which the image in the OP stems from:

“We are not Americans, French or Japanese,” explained Gonzague, “we are Earthlings. This is the first means for people to carry ‘value’ around the world, and it is the first chance for one ‘currency’ to be used anywhere – for example, 2 people, 1 in Paris, 1 in New Zealand – they can work together as if they are next door, making payments to each other, without fees, instantaneously, and with a common currency that both can use just as easily.”

Ironic, because Mark Karpeles has gone by the moniker MT'Away since 2002, as in "Magical Tux, Away!", a superhero cry, of which Mark aspired to be one day. No where on that page does it state that Gay owns the news source that got the exclusive of which he has a vetted interested.

http://www.trademarkia.com/CTM/AKIHABARANEWS-533956_en-US.htm

Design Search: Heads of pigs or of boars

On Monday, March 19, 2007, an european community trademark registration was filed for AKIHABARANEWS   by   Gonzague Gay-Bouchery Jiyugaoka 3-9-10, Meguro-ku, Tokio JP . The OHIM has given the trademark application number of . The current status of this trademark filing is . The correspondent listed for AKIHABARANEWS is GRAHAM WATT & CO LLP   of   St. Botolph's House 7-9 St. Botolph's Road, Sevenoaks,, Kent GB TN13 3AJ , BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP   of   100 New Bridge Street, London, GB EC4V 6JA . The AKIHABARANEWS trademark is filed in the category of Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products , Advertising, Business & Retail Services , Education and Entertainment Services , Computer & Software Services & Scientific Services .

Last Applicant/Owner:
   
GONZAGUE GAY-BOUCHERY
Jiyugaoka 3-9-10
Meguro-ku, Tokio JP

Correspondent:

GRAHAM WATT & CO LLP
St. Botolph's House 7-9 St. Botolph's Road
Sevenoaks, Kent
GB TN13 3AJ

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
100 New Bridge Street
London
GB EC4V 6JA

Care to take a stab as to who is Mt Gox's lawyer for the liquidation process as well as vs. CoinLab? Bet you get it on the first try.

In the following video, you learn the structure of Mt Gox and Tibanne KK, and well as Gay-'s position at Tibanne, but not at Mt Gox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyN28lJxubQ. Also, at the onset of this video, Gay- barely touches upon his previous employments, jumping right into Mt Gox and how wonderful Bitcoin is for mankind/Earthlings.

I contend that Gonzague Gay-Bouchery knew exactly what was going on and was part of the heist.

Please note that I may from time-to-time abbreviate GG-B's name to Gay-, but DON'T read into it that I'm implying anything, of which I'm not. Thank you, in this very important regard.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

http://www.benzinga.com/tech/13/05/3563567/meet-the-22-most-important-people-behind-bitcoin#slideshow-0

After Satoshi and Gavin, care to guess to held the number three and forth position? Take and look and compare that list with what we know today.

[kactech]

Few days w/o PG's posts and I don't know what to think about BTC. Like 51% attack of pedo-scammy-federated-pool.

[sobriket]

Bump

[sobriket]

There must be someone with some more info. This is ridiculous.

[macjp]

Found Gonzague Gay, Mark number 2

http://tokyo.lafrenchtech.com/7/mentors


I guess he have no trouble with the Japanese Police!  


http://cf08b9925d0175c1aa46-5f4233438e0179a0e3cf07e587dfd277.r35.cf1.rackcdn.com/files/560fbb1c4f25c5425a000024/size_1_gonzague.jpg
Gonzague Gay - CEO @ TokyoStreetView
Serial Entrepreneur, Gonzague has been a Tech, Automotive Journalist and E-Commerce professional in Japan since 2002 and was awarded in 2008 by T3 International with the Power50 or 50 Most powerful People in tech including Steve Jobs, Steve Balmer, Shigeru Minamoto and many more. He created a new venture : TokyoStreetView,

TokyoStreetView comes from this huge passion that some of us have for Japan in order to offer people around the world the chance to enjoy a bias-free experience of Japan and its many wonders.