A group of aggrieved crypto-coin investors want to exhume the corpse of a digital money exchange boss in a bid to find their missing millions.
Lawyers representing the out-of-pocket Quadriga CX punters have filed a request [PDF] to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to dig up and examine the body of Gerald Cotten, the deceased CEO of the now-defunct exchange.
In the letter, attorneys from law firm Miller Thomson ask that a detailed autopsy be performed in order to determine the exact cause of death for Cotten, who is interred at a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
[...] Cotten is the exec who singlehandedly caused the crash of the Quadriga CX exchange late last year when, while apparently traveling in India, he was said to have died of complications related to Crohn's disease.
How? He apparently had the only copy of the passwords for the wallets where the funds (about $190 million) were held. That was the end for the Quadriga CX exchange. It was later discovered that Cotten had already drained the wallets to personal accounts. Given the circumstances of the death and the handling of the funds, there is a question that the death might have been faked.
It is hoped the exhumation and autopsy will clearly identify the body as actually being that of Cotten and thus end speculations of a possible ruse.
Previously:
Laptop of Crypto-Exchange Owner who Died with Keys to $137m Finally Cracked
Digital Exchange Loses $137M as Founder Takes Passwords to the Grave
Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/16/dead_coin_exec_exhumation/
(Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Wednesday December 18 2019, @10:20AM (3 children)
No. They plan to use AI to get the passwords from his brain before it decays any further. (Assuming the Zombies did not get there first).
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday December 18 2019, @11:35AM
The password is, "BRAAAIIIINNSSSS123456789"
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @12:53PM (1 child)
I thought "blockchain" was supposed to cure things like Crohn's disease and cancer, and even end all pain and suffering. Now you're telling me that it's this so called AI that is our Savior, but that conflicts with Cyber which is the true panacea. IoT, Quantum, and 5G were close behind but didn't make the cut.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @02:23PM
Parent wins the buzz word Olympics!