Don't disregard the possibility that the OP might *deserve* those kudos if the FBI arrests Mr. Karpeles, or whoever is responsible for the Great Bitcoin Heist(tm) against Mt. Gox.  Don't disregard the likelihood that anybody who had bitcoins deposited with Mt. Gox is SOL when it comes to getting them back, either, even if the FBI finds the perp.  A few lessons from this:

1) Don't treat uninsured, unregulated "banks" and "currency exchanges" as if they were risk-free.  They're not.

2) Don't treat money as yours until you have it in a safe place.  Your own keychain is a safe place, *if* you keep it encrypted and keep current backups.  A safe deposit box at your bank, or a fire-resistant strongbox at home, make it even safer.

I had about .000004 of a bitcoin left in Mt. Gox, not enough to worry about.  I left it there in 2010 or 2011, when I concluded that Mt. Gox was not being operated by standards that I trusted for my money and withdrew most of what I had.  I don't use Paypal either, for the same reason. :/

If you want to see Bitcoin become something other than a currency speculator's wet dream, I suggest that you start planning a banking and financial system that has the same basic safeguards as exist for fiat money.  That system is a LONG way from perfect or secure, but it has some degree of accountability built-in.  When bitcoin has that, and when the current currency fluctuations die down, it will be something that businesses will be willing to accept as more than an experiment, and people will then be able to use as they would dollars or euros or yen.