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MtGox bitcoin exchange founder gets 2.5-yr suspended sentence in Japan
TOKYO, March 15, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Mark Karpeles, the former high-flying
creator of the MtGox bitcoin exchange, on Friday received a suspended jail
sentence of two and a half years in a Japanese court.
The court suspended the sentence for four years for the 33-year-old
Frenchman who has claimed his innocence throughout the proceedings.
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