MtGox is reportedly intending to seek Bankruptcy protection.  I intend to do 2 things.  

First, I want to file a preliminary report with the FBI as I believe what has transpired at MtGox is nothing short of plain fraud, possibly resulting tens of millions of dollars in losses or more.  I believe that the frozen bitcoins have been stolen by Mark Karpeles and that is one of two types of direct loss incurred by users of MtGox.  I personally have had money sitting in MtGox's accounts and have been promised for weeks that some "banking issue" (unrelated to the alleged issue for freezing the bitcoins)  delayed the requested wire transfer of my money to me.  My losses are small in this regard, but I would like to have everyone post a brief description of similar problems in this thread in order that I can take it to the FBI and I will report back on the agent that would lead any investigation.  In other words, I would like to form a clearinghouse of witnesses and their losses (and be a central point of contact for them ) and make that information available to the FBI for investigation and prosecution.

Second, as to the Bankruptcy, I intend to file an adversary proceeding in the bankruptcy alleging fraud and do discovery to ascertain what, specifically, Mr. Karpeles did with the money in users accounts and the frozen bitcons.  A receiver would likely be appointed and I would like to reconcile what Mr. Karpeles reports in his bankruptcy filings with the actual losses of the users.  I would then ask the Bankruptcy judge to refer the matter for prosecution for Bankruptcy fraud and dismiss the Bankruptcy.  *I am not asking for funding for a lawyer or anything of that nature.*  I believe the other intended lawsuit here ("multi plaintiff" but not "class action") will be halted by the automatic stay in Bankruptcy in the early stages (which is obviously among Mr. Karpeles intentions in filing the BK). However I look forward to working with that attorney as well as the attorney in the Coinlab suit (to the extent of finding out what discovery in that case has revealed.)  I have my own lawyers that I work with.  My main purpose is to see Mr. Karpeles prosecuted and my secondary purpose is to hopefully have as much money returned to Mt Gox's clients as possible.

Feel free to PM me if this thread gets taken over by opinions and one-liners about Mt Gox or speculation as to what has occurred.  I beg you all to refrain from that.  Just tell your story in a few lines as to what you were promised and what you lost.  You can check my posts and see that I was scratching around in the dirt years ago here when mining pools were just starting, so I do have some background.

Again, I am just trying to make some initial contact with witnesses.  I particularly look forward to speaking with anyone with specific information as to the fraud I'm alleging.  If anyone from MtGox has such information, bear in mind that you may not be prosecuted if you are the first one through the door over at the FBI.  Maybe I can help you make that happen.