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Re:Experts cracked laptop of crypto CEO who died with $137M,... by bifrost on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @01:47PM (#19321426)
Wow! Do we know if this was some sort of scam or what? Thats... just wow....
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Re:Experts cracked laptop of crypto CEO who died with $137M,... by smt88 on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:21PM (#19321761)
We don't know, but people have been speculating that the death was faked in order to get away with theft and mismanagement of Quadriga wallets. Every new detail seems to suggest a scam and fake death.
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Re:Experts cracked laptop of crypto CEO who died with $137M,... by dragonwriter on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @04:00PM (#19322727)
The scam conclusion is stronger than, and does not rely on, the fake death one. The combination does seem to be the most likely, but even if he's really dead, this still looks like a scam.
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Re:Experts cracked laptop of crypto CEO who died with $137M,... by endofcapital on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @03:58PM (#19322714)
The odds of it not being a scam is pretty tiny number. Not scientific notation small, but getting there.
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