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by Grimburger 1292 days ago
He went to prison in Japan and served his term.
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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.

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...

It seems he was also earlier found guilty of fraud in France also https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/why-the-head-of-...
He was convicted in Japan because everybody gets convicted in Japan, especially a foreigner. But he saw no jail time.
fake news. He did not.