White-Collar Crime

Defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has given up its plan to rebuild under bankruptcy protection and said it has agreed with a Tokyo court on the first step toward liquidation. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

The conviction of four former DBSI Inc. officials was a victory for the prosecution, although the government attorney acknowledged “the human price” of the case.

Mt. Gox founder Mark Karpelès said he would not come to the U.S. later this week to answer questions about the Japanese bitcoin exchange’s U.S. bankruptcy case, Mt. Gox lawyers told a federal judge on Monday. Read the DBR article in The Wall Street Journal.

Mt. Gox founder Mark Karpelès said he would not come to the U.S. later this week to answer questions about the Japanese bitcoin exchange’s U.S. bankruptcy case, Mt. Gox lawyers told a federal judge on Monday. Read the DBR article in The Wall Street Journal.

Momentive Performance Materials Inc., a silicone and quartz producer owned by Apollo Global Management LLC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday on the eve of a $60 million interest payment it couldn’t afford to make. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.