New questions have been raised about the increasingly mysterious death of Gerald Cotten, founder and chief of the Canada-based QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency firm. Cotten was the only person who had the codes to access the accounts when he reportedly died of complications of Crohn’s disease on Dec. 9, during a philanthropy trip to India. Auditors from Ernst & Young were brought in to try to crack the codes to recover some $190 million in funds. They were able to break into Cotten’s master account, but soon discovered that all of the crypto wallets had been emptied eight months before Cotten’s alleged death. E&Y also says 14 client accounts were created outside the company’s “normal process” that were involved in the withdrawal of the funds and sent them to “addresses not associated with Quadriga.” The auditors are now examining all historical transactions for further clues.
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2019-03-06 09:00:26
2019-03-06 09:09:46
In reply to Chrissy
I find it odd that you are not a cryptocurrency advocate.
Dont worry this is one of the first iterations of it, the foundation technology is sound.
The status quo are gonna keep railing on it and undermining it, hopefully it will become tough enough.
2019-03-06 09:17:23
In reply to Chrissy
you're the only bitcoin fanatic here. Can't think of anyone else who follows this scam so closely
2019-03-06 10:46:45
In reply to Chrissy
This is sounding a little similar to a novel I read the other day involving a guy who died and cryptocurrency was involved. It was sci-fi/fantasy so not that applicable here, but it is interesting that something of this nature can still be subject to things like unexpected death.
And once those funds have moved from one wallet to another, it's pretty hard at this time to recoup.
In reply to VIX
I'm a tad fascinated but it's still sort of pie-in-the-sky to me at this point, still learning. Whether it's the currencies themselves, or the underlying blockchain architecture, this seems to be the new wave of tech and communication with little in the way to derail it.
2019-03-06 11:01:41
In reply to Tryangle
They think this death is fake 
2019-03-06 12:23:18
In reply to Chrissy and Tryangle
Cryptocurrency is the ultimate example of a Libertarian dystopia where crooks, scammers, and ponzi schemers are hailed as freedom fighters who demonstrate to us the fantastical future world of unregulated markets and non-governmental interference in banking and day to day finance.
Shame on those 'victims' who lost all their life savings and are now looking to the government, courts, and banks for redress and ppfffff..."justice".
2019-03-06 13:08:31
In reply to SnoopDog
Ditto.
2019-03-06 14:01:44
I always figured that the first thing some people do when new technology (or anything, frankly) comes out, is how to use it to swindle people using it. So I get that aspect.
2019-03-06 14:20:58
In reply to Chrissy
They think this death is fake
Alive and well and living as Mrs.Williams in Mandeville!!!!!!
I always thought that woman had fake boobs.
2019-03-06 15:04:37
In reply to Dukes
New questions have been raised about the increasingly mysterious death of Gerald Cotten, founder and chief of the Canada-based QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency firm. Cotten was the only person who had the codes to access the accounts when he reportedly died of complications of Crohn’s disease on Dec. 9, during a philanthropy trip to India.
Alive and well and living as Mrs.Williams in Mandeville!
According to court documents, Mr. Cotten's death certificate was obtained from the local Indian registrar which also managed to misspell his name.
It's also common knowledge that anyone can obtain (buy) a death certificate from India for the princely sum of about $500 CAD.
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