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21. Update: lawyers seek exhumation to check it's really him

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sat Dec 14, 2019, 09:23 PM

Dec 2019

Source: CNN

Cryptocurrency tycoon died leaving $145m in limbo. Now lawyers seek exhumation to check it's really him

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN
Updated 1921 GMT (0321 HKT) December 14, 2019

(CNN) — Lawyers representing users of the collapsed Quadriga CX cryptocurrency exchange platform are requesting that Canadian authorities exhume and examine the body of its late founder, Gerald Cotten, to check if the person buried there is really him.

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Owner of crypto-exchange faked death, stole $190 million from clients' bank-accounts. [View all] DetlefK Mar 2019 OP

under the category of: truth is stranger than fiction. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #1

Wow, that is some story. Keep us updated... FM123 Mar 2019 #2

I knew it! Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #3

In no article, including this one, is there any statement he faked his death. marble falls Mar 2019 #4

Actually it is suggested zipplewrath Mar 2019 #6

Its been suggested the moon is made of green cheese. marble falls Mar 2019 #7

Well, okay zipplewrath Mar 2019 #8

Given that the wallets were emptied 8 months before his alleged death jberryhill Mar 2019 #9

There you go again making sense with simple observations! Why you gotta make fools look foolish? Rainbow Droid Mar 2019 #16

Only that all the money went missing months before he died, and nobody has his remains jberryhill Mar 2019 #19

Yeah, it's a mystery how this could have happened. justhanginon Mar 2019 #5

Almost missed MH1 Mar 2019 #14

What's so great about cryptocurrency again? Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #10

It's like, cool, and new, and stuff!! Grokenstein Mar 2019 #12

Other than to serve some non-Western economy activity, not much. From David Wallace-Wells' book, ancianita Mar 2019 #15

gee, you mean cryptocurrencies are ripe for scammers? ProfessorPlum Mar 2019 #11

There will always be people who have to learn the hard way. The hardest way. Grokenstein Mar 2019 #13

Criminals still prefer cash. nt RandiFan1290 Mar 2019 #20

Another sucker born every minute. lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #17

Hmmm gratuitous Mar 2019 #18

Update: lawyers seek exhumation to check it's really him Eugene Dec 2019 #21