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Well that's what people say, yet I haven't seen lots of executives in large companies where scandals have occurred suddenly getting randomly killed by hitmen in the streets. And Madoff's still alive, too.

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Well, a gentleman flew all the way from the UK to Japan to have a polite chat with him, so it's not outside of reality for someone to do bad things to him fairly easily.

Beyond that, CEO's of large companies are generally under guard when the crap hits the fan, and Madoff was protected by police.

I wouldn't be surprised if the "CEO" of Mt. Gox soon finds out what a tire iron tastes like.

Death threats on HN. That's a first.

Oh, please. How sensitive can people get? That was hardly a threat.

How, exactly, was this a death threat? I find your response to be quite befuddling.

Tastes irony.

There was the Bre-X scandal where a geologist "fell" out of a helicopter and the founder was kidnapped by gunmen (and apparently died later of a brain aneurysm).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bre-X

Japan's mafia is differnt than American's mafia. They are technically savvy and might be more ruthless? (Don't ask me how I know--I was even shocked they exist, but even in Marin County I knew a guy who owed them money, and they were the first one he paid back. I have a huge suspicion that The Yakuza is running Mt. Gox? Asians not involved with gambling--what is that called ironic? And no I not racist, but just pointing out an observation. And funking yes--crypto currency is gambling. It's not backed by anything, other than code, and promises. If banks weren't insured by the federal government I would not keep my money in them. I blindly trust most poor, middle class people. Once they get a few shekels save up--they change. Yes--Most of the wealthy I have been around literally stole their money. Some legally, but many just stole. I hope Internet sleuths can find out what happened at Gox. And God bess the brave who lost their lives in the Ukraine.

Is this an HN comments-seeded Markov chain?

But isn't that just one of the differences between a regulated business and an unregulated one?

Madoff isn't dead, but he is in prison.

Wait, nobody said that MtGox's CEO won't go in prison. There will be a lawsuit following the losses. The Law still applies when you start taking money for a service.

You can't sue someone into jail

Debtor's prison?

I'd be curious to see exactly what MtGox warranted and represented. I'd guess it's fairly likely that there's no fraud.

Executives of large banks have the protection of the larger system to fall back on, Mt Gox, not so much.

Madoff swindled the rich iirc.

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