Mt.Gox CEO Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan - CNN.com

Mt.Gox CEO Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan

(CNN)Japanese police have arrested the head of the Mt.Gox bitcoin exchange company over the loss of a "massive amount" of the virtual online currency.

Mark Karpeles was detained Saturday, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement.
He is suspected of accessing the exchange's computer system and falsifying data to change the outstanding balance, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported ,citing the Metropolitan Police Department....