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Bitcoin exchange CEO to face new criminal allegations: media
AFP, Published on 20/08/2015
» TOKYO - Japanese police will re-arrest the CEO of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox on theft allegations, reports said Thursday, as he faces questions over the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency.
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Collapsed Bitcoin exchange boss faces $2.6 mn theft claim: media
AFP, Published on 21/08/2015
» TOKYO - The former head of MtGox reportedly faced fresh criminal charges Friday over allegations he stole $2.6 million from clients, as police questioned him about hundreds of millions of dollars worth of missing Bitcoins.
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MtGox Bitcoin CEO 'misused customer funds': Japanese media
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» TOKYO - Mark Karpeles, the head of the collapsed MtGox Bitcoin exchange who was arrested in Tokyo, is facing fresh allegations that he misused $8.9 million in customers' deposits, Japanese media reported Sunday.
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Bitcoin CEO's arrest leaves trail of unanswered questions
AFP, Published on 23/08/2015
» TOKYO - The arrest of MtGox boss Mark Karpeles has begun to shed light on the defunct Bitcoin exchange after hundreds of millions of dollars in virtual currency vanished from its digital vaults last year.
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Music festivals big money spinners for UK economy
AFP, Published on 24/06/2015
» LONDON - Music festivals such as Glastonbury leave the British countryside strewn with discarded tents and beer cans -- but they're big money-spinners for the nation's economy, generating billions from revellers following the world's biggest bands.
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Silk Road website mastermind faces lengthy jail term
AFP, Published on 29/05/2015
» NEW YORK - The American convicted of masterminding criminal website Silk Road, which sold $200 million worth of drugs to customers all over the world using digital currency Bitcoin, will be jailed Friday.
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Verizon buys faded Internet pioneer AOL for $4.4 bn
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - Verizon unveiled plans Tuesday to buy AOL for $4.4 billion, bringing together the US telecom giant and faded Internet pioneer in a bid to compete better in online media and advertising.
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Cyber thugs taking data hostage
AFP, Published on 26/02/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Marriage therapist Valerie Goss turned on her computer one day and found that all of her data was being held hostage.
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Microsoft lets US shoppers pay with Bitcoin
AFP, Published on 12/12/2014
» SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft began Thursday letting US shoppers at its online Windows Store pay with digital currency Bitcoin.
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Accused Silk Road drug baron goes on trial in NY
AFP, Published on 13/01/2015
» The alleged mastermind of a vast online, global criminal enterprise that sold $200 million worth of drugs to customers all over the world went on trial in New York on Tuesday.
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