Mark Karpelès faces the charges over his role in the collapse of the bitcoin exchange in 2014The former head of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox,Mark Karpelès, has been charged with embezzlement by Japanese prosecutors, and according to reports from the Japanese media.
Karpels is alleged to fill embezzled ¥321m (£1.7m) from the bitcoin exchange,which collapsed in 2014 after revelations of a massive shortfall in customer funds. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com