Former Mt. Gox CEO gets suspended jail term:
-Tokyo court found Mark Karpeles guilty of tampering with records
-He was cleared of embezzlement charges
-Last year’s Bitcoin tumble was partly blamed on the trustee overseeing the exchange's remaining holdingshttps://t.co/TLJKqm2pXL

— Bloomberg (@business) March 15, 2019

There were no press conference by Mr. Karpelès today, but he told WSJ: "I am grateful that the judges accepted my claim that I didn’t steal money from customers." https://t.co/G6s89NSmhr

— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) March 15, 2019

Alright, we're calling it that he's not actually going to prison.

In plain English: he's guilty of record tampering, but not guilty of embezzlement. He is "suspended" for 4 years, during which time if he does anything bad he'll be jailed for 2.5 years.https://t.co/7Rn3BHQGJ2

— Yuji Nakamura (@ynakamura56) March 15, 2019

Former Mt. Gox CEO found guilty of record tampering, but likely to avoid prison https://t.co/ldyoRVAwg8 pic.twitter.com/GJlxxvna0g

— $Crypto #AI (@Crypto__AI) March 15, 2019

Former Mt. Gox CEO found guilty of record tampering, but likely to avoid prison https://t.co/YJTzoKVucw by @SecurityCharlie

— ZDNet (@ZDNet) March 15, 2019

Founder of Hacked Bitcoin Exchange Mt.Gox Mark Karpeles Sentenced to Over Two Years https://t.co/Mw9PqQGAWg

— Real Time Crypto (@RealTimeCrypto) March 15, 2019

An 18-year-old Japanese youth has been sent to prosecutors in the country's first ever trial involving cryptocurrency cyber-theft. https://t.co/i56XXtAt8W

— Mr.Rakesh (@Rakesh_swain62) March 15, 2019

Japan to Hold First Ever Trial Over Crypto Hacking Losses https://t.co/azi43EzFJo via @CoinDesk

— Bitcoin Dood (@BitcoinDood) March 15, 2019

Japan to Hold First Ever Trial Over Crypto Hacking Losses https://t.co/UCJwYoIkbo #News #Crime pic.twitter.com/zaijD4sG2U

— $Crypto #AI (@Crypto__AI) March 15, 2019