Bitcoin-stock market gone astray: FBI turns on in QuadrigaCX-investigations

The US Federal police FBI turns on in the investigation about the insolvency of the former canadian Bitcoin exchange QuadrigaCX. At this hour, investigators are looking for victims to U.S. citizens. These are prompted for your contact with the stock exchange to the authorities to. After the sudden death of its founder, Gerry Cotten in January, QuadrigaCX is currently insolvent. Customer losses in the millions threaten.

By David Barkhausen
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The collapse of the former Bitcoin exchange, QuadrigaCX is probably one of the most-discussed and most tangled Boulevard of the topics in the crypto-universe. Long been a wide network of rumors and speculation revolves around the insolvency of the canadian stock exchange. Light wants to bring into the Dark to the alleged faked death of its founder, the lost Master passwords, and the loss of millions of deposits, now the FBI.

As the US economy news platform reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday, the 4. June, reported that the U.S. police in the investigations around the From of the stock exchange. Together with the tax investigation IRS-CI, the General Prosecutor's office and the Department for computer crime of the U.S. Department of justice investigators are looking for Victims of alleged Bitcoin-exchanges-Scams.

For an hour, the authorities will ask for this on your website Using. Anonymous former QuadrigaCX to customers information about your account and transaction behavior, especially on the basis of US Bank accounts.

specifies How a corresponding statement of the authority, close to, want to get the investigator to get a comprehensive picture about the background of the sudden insolvency and damages to enforce claims for compensation of Damaged. It is said on the part of the Federal police:

the FBI and The IRS-CI are required by law, the victims of crime at the Federal level to identify and acknowledge them with information, its services and resources.

With its investigation, the FBI concurs with the canadian state and Federal authorities investigate the case, however, as well. First results currently, still have to wait.

The background: Gerry Cotten is taking passwords to the grave

After the unexpected death of its founder, Gerry Cotten QuadrigaCX was in January, almost overnight insolvent. Because this had taken the Master-passwords of the stock exchange to the grave. Since then, access to the accounts of around 115,000 customers is missing. Almost 170 million euros, are currently on ice.

Until recently, this had fanned the flames of rumors that Cotten could have fakes his death may be just, and the deposits of its customers abroad have dropped. In addition, speculation about a possible Ponzi scheme, according to the should have operated Cotten.

Since April, the parent company of Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. is now in the insolvency proceedings of the canadian authorities. This had ordered a court of competent jurisdiction.

The canadian securities regulatory reacted, in turn, on the case recently, with stricter guidelines for Bitcoin exchanges. In order to avoid similar impasses in the future.

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