In a bizarre turn of events, today, July 14, 2016, MtGOX chief Mark Karpeles was released from prison on bail in Tokya, Japan.
Karpeles has been in state custody since summer of last year when he was arrested and then charged for massive fraud in connection to the collapse of what was the top bitcoin spot exchange in 2014.
The most surprising part of this revelation is that he lost over 100 pounds while in prison! Here's what the formerly porkly Karpeles looked like before being arrested:
Karpeles has been in state custody since summer of last year when he was arrested and then charged for massive fraud in connection to the collapse of what was the top bitcoin spot exchange in 2014.
The most surprising part of this revelation is that he lost over 100 pounds while in prison! Here's what the formerly porkly Karpeles looked like before being arrested:
His steady diet of high sugar Starbuck's beverages cut off, Karpeles seems to have shed significant weight in the notoriously high-discipline Japanese criminal justice system. Here's a frontal view of Mark Karpeles after dropping 40 kilograms of blubber:
No reports yet on whether Karpeles contracted HIV or other illness while in jail, which may have contributed to the rapid weight loss.
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