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FILE - In this June 5, 2019, file photo, former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles attends a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, in Tokyo. A Japanese high court on Thursday, June 11, 2020 upheld a lower court’s decision that the French head of Mt. Gox, a Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange that went bankrupt after a massive hacking attack, was guilty of manipulating electronic data but not embezzlement. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Japan court backs Karpeles conviction for data manipulation

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 11, 2017, file photo, Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles speaks at a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo. Karpeles is appealing his conviction on charges of manipulating electronic data. Karpeles’ lawyer Nobuyasu Ogata said Friday, March 29, 2019 his client had merely tried to reduce the risks for Mt. Gox users. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Mt. Gox bitcoin exchanges’ Karpeles appeals conviction

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 11, 2017, file photo, Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles speaks at a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo. Karpeles, who headed the Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox that went bankrupt after a massive hacking, was found guilty of manipulating electronic data but cleared of embezzlement and breach of trust charges by a Tokyo court Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange’s Karpeles avoids jail time in Japan

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

**FILE** Bitcoin tokens are pictured in Sandy, Utah, on April 3, 2013. (Associated Press)

Major bitcoin exchange said to be insolvent

By Raphael Satter and Yuriko Nagano - Associated Press