The number of apologists in here is quite surprising. Sometimes it's hard to sift through the shills so perhaps my opinion is skewed.

What some people seem to be missing: the timing of this "press release" is the most implicative evidence of mal-intent; you need not look any further to see the truth. pump and dump, so to speak. Even IF he came back, the shares will be worthless, who would trust him not to call a "time out" whenever he so chooses? That's not how a you run a business and manage a profit-sharing security.

He was clever not to take custie funds, although that means very little as he only had 3500 customers. Probably chump change compared to his pot of mcxfee gold. Next time, KYEO = know your exchange operator.