Mark may not have stolen 750000 coins, but I am quite confident that he took advantage of the system to make a profit for himself.
Given his selfish nature, it's almost guaranteed.
Let's say that continuing to allow deposits while knowingly insolvent, and still continuing deposits and trading while locking withdrawals, is ILLEGAL, and CLASSIC PONZI.
People who lost their coins need to get off their ass and contact authorities. Contact the suing law firms, the DOJ, FBI, Japanese police, or somewhere in their court system.
People think that because bitcoin is not regulated, they won't see anything again.
So if gold coins weren't regulated, it's ok to steal $50,000,000 of gold from someone? "lol it's not regulated"
bitcoin has a well-defined value.
He has a history of jail time for financial crimes when he was younger:
http://johnbercow.tumblr.com/post/78352765925/mt-gox-guy-mark-karpeles-went-to-jail-before-forHe also scammed a French out of $30,000, which he used to purchase MtGox.
(the scammee took years to track him down and sue him in Japanese Court, which he won...)
" A 5,000 ($6,870 USD) down payment is placed. Mr. Karpelès returns several months later with bad news. His hired graphics artist failed to complete a subcontract on time, so the first stage of the three-step development process was stall...."
"That was a complete lie. According to court records, Mr. Karpelès could never provide any evidence that there was a subcontractor. By all appearances he had simply taken Mr. Dubois' money, done no work, and then invented a fantasy to cover himself."
http://www.dailytech.com/Bitcoin+King+Mt+Gox+CEO+Mark+Karpels+History+of+Arrests+Firings/article34442.htmhttp://www.dailytech.com/Bitcoin+King+Pt+II+Mt+Goxs+Dictator+Karpels+Proves+Tragically+Flawed/article34452.htm