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Bitcoin exchange CEO manipulated data dozens of times: report

Published Mon, Aug 3, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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MARK KARPELES, the head of defunct Bitcoin exchange MtGox, manipulated its computer system at least 30 times over a couple of years, a report said on Monday, as Tokyo promised greater efforts to regulate the digital currency.

The fresh allegation against France-born Karpeles, 30, follows his arrest on Saturday by Tokyo police, more than a year after the once-dominant exchange collapsed in the wake of fraud allegations.

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