Person

Gerald Cotten

Founder of QuadrigaCX. Pronounced dead in Jaipur, India, on 9 December 2018, with the official cause given as complications of Crohn's disease. Forensic investigation found his death came after he had been operating the exchange as a Ponzi scheme.

Records: 1
Cumulative losses: $190.0M

Records featuring Gerald Cotten

attacker·January 31, 2019resolved
QuadrigaCX Collapse — January 2019
Canada's largest crypto exchange collapsed after its 30-year-old founder Gerald Cotten was pronounced dead in India in December 2018, leaving sole access to ~$190M in customer funds. Forensic investigation later concluded the exchange had been a Ponzi scheme.
$190.0M affected

Records featuring Gerald Cotten

QuadrigaCX Collapse — January 2019