A federal judge in Chicago froze the U.S. assets of Mark Karpeles, the chief of the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, and allowed possible victims to demand evidence surrounding what some believe is massive fraud. Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, once the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world, last month went belly up because of what Karpeles has claimed was a massive hacking theft. At the time, Mt. Gox reportedly was holding more than $400 million worth of bitcoins.Judge Freezes Assets of Mt. Gox Honcho
A federal judge in Chicago froze the U.S. assets of Mark Karpeles, the chief of the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, and allowed possible victims to demand evidence surrounding what some believe is massive fraud. Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, once the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world, last month went belly up because of what Karpeles has claimed was a massive hacking theft. At the time, Mt. Gox reportedly was holding more than $400 million worth of bitcoins.
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