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Inside Japan’s Bitcoin Heist

Virtually Vanished

A former Mt. Gox employee says incompetent management and faulty accounting—not virtual robbers—are the real culprits in the missing millions.

Jake Adelstein

Published Feb. 27 2014 9:39PM EST

articles/2014/02/27/inside-japan-s-bitcoin-heist/140227-adelstein-bitcoin-tease_eiasod — Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty

Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein

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