[vintermann]

Two things I find hard to believe:

1. That guy isn't in prison?

2. That guy convinced someone to invest in his venture?

[Glawen]

He is CTO of a VPN: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/why-i-hired-mt-go...

[key_stroker]

Also shells https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shells/people with the irc guy.

[redeeman]

one VPN I would never pay money to

[ekianjo]

> 2. That guy convinced someone to invest in his venture?

Con men usually manage to con other people?

[Grimburger]

He went to prison in Japan and served his term.

[gonzo]

He didn’t go to prison.

He was sentenced on March 19, 2019 to 30 months in prison, suspended for four years, meaning he will serve no time unless he commits additional offenses before March 19, 2023.

[Grimburger]

I perhaps stand corrected?

He did spend a considerable amount of time in prison.

> Mark Karpeles, who has been spending time in a Japanese jail for the past 10 months is finally out.

*2016

https://newsbtc.com/news/mark-karpeles-from-mt-gox-out-of-ja...

[seanhunter]

It seems he was also earlier found guilty of fraud in France also https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/why-the-head-of-...

[micah94]

He was convicted in Japan because everybody gets convicted in Japan, especially a foreigner. But he saw no jail time.

[ekianjo]

fake news. He did not.