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Topic: Criminal complaint against Mt. Gox and Mark Karpeles - page 3. (Read 4717 times)

hero member
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is this winnable?
hero member
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Please start your investigations, I will donate everybody who will start a criminal complaint with 1 Bitcoin !

Also I am willing to spend Bitcoins for everybody who helps with information about this case.

Especially because I am thinking that Mark Karpeles is involved into insider trading.

I am very angry that a bitcoin foundation member is fundamentaly harming the bitcoin community.

So you are really offering 1 Bitcoin to each person who starts a complaint? If you are serious about that you should probably make a topic in the Service Discussion forum.
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
If you're in the US, filing a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is worth doing. They have jurisdiction over broker/dealers who sell directly to US persons, which Mt. Gox does. The SEC treats Bitcoin scams just like other scams, as Trendon Shavers found out. The SEC has a cooperation agreement with the Japan Financial Services Agency, so the SEC can make things happen in Japan. Mt. Gox can be dragged into a US court, as the ongoing Coinbase lawsuit demonstrates.

With all the publicity surrounding Mt. Gox right now, a phone call to the SEC's enforcement division from someone with significant funds stuck in Mt. Gox would probably get some attention. Ten such calls...

I think you meant "coinlab".
full member
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Please start your investigations, I will donate everybody who will start a criminal complaint with 1 Bitcoin !

Also I am willing to spend Bitcoins for everybody who helps with information about this case.

Especially because I am thinking that Mark Karpeles is involved into insider trading.

I am very angry that a bitcoin foundation member is fundamentaly harming the bitcoin community.
legendary
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If you're in the US, filing a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is worth doing. They have jurisdiction over broker/dealers who sell directly to US persons, which Mt. Gox does. The SEC treats Bitcoin scams just like other scams, as Trendon Shavers found out. The SEC has a cooperation agreement with the Japan Financial Services Agency, so the SEC can make things happen in Japan. Mt. Gox can be dragged into a US court, as the ongoing Coinbase lawsuit demonstrates.

With all the publicity surrounding Mt. Gox right now, a phone call to the SEC's enforcement division from someone with significant funds stuck in Mt. Gox would probably get some attention. Ten such calls...
sr. member
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While the multi-party lawsuit is an interesting civil case against Mt. Gox, it may be that a better approach for locking down records and increasing pressure on Mt. Gox to fix the withdrawal problem would be reporting them to the criminal justice system, with complaints of fraud.

It appears that both the Antimonopoly Act and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act in Japan may cover making deceptive promises and statements.

The other advantage of a criminal complaint is that it would hold the CEO responsible, versus the corporation itself.

Is there anyone in Japan who could contact the appropriate authorities?
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