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Following on from an earlier story about the Canadian Crypto exchange whose owner died under suspicious circumstances with the keys to $137m of customers' assets, Business Insider Australia reports that some progress has been made[*] Spoiler alert: the funds are all gone.
The case has sparked numerous theories, including that he faked his own death and ran off with the cash.
However, court-appointed auditor Ernst & Young was able to crack Cotten's laptop. What they found, according to an EY report dated March 1, the accounts had been emptied in April 2018, eight months before his death.[*]
[* Ed.'s Update/Correction -- FP]
[...] A court-appointed auditor, Ernst & Young, has secured Cotten’s laptop, home computer, USB keys and home computer. Using public blockchain records, it determined the digital wallets thought to contain millions were emptied in April, eight months before his death [...]
I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 07 2019, @02:55AM (4 children)
His widow had sworn he died of guts inflammation in India [soylentnews.org].
Now, it may have been Crohn's_disease [wikipedia.org] indeed but I reckon many substances could mimic that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 07 2019, @03:09AM (2 children)
A $1,000 is the right substance to certify death and cremation.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 07 2019, @03:53AM
The right dose, yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 07 2019, @04:39AM
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 07 2019, @04:15AM
Ah yes, India, pretty much the perfect place to pretend to be dead [indiatimes.com].