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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 07 2019, @05:45PM
Yes I do. I think he faked his own death and is currently rolling around in it naked like Scrooge McDuck.
Well, tough guy, how did someone convince him to go to some remote part of India? Wouldn't it have been easier to seek revenge right here in the good old USA? Justice is more expensive in the US but it can still be bought if you have the means.
However, if you want to vanish amid the chaos that is India's local corruption practices, you can certainly buy a death certificate and a can of ashes for less than a plane ticket home.