Is Quadriga's Gerald Cotten Still Alive? The 'Exit Scam' Podcast Aims to Answer - Ep.248

Aaron Lammer, author and host of the Exit Scam podcast, recounts the mysterious and controversial death of QuadrigaCX’s founder Gerald Cotton. Show highlights:
A quick recap of QuadrigaCX
why Aaron felt compelled to create a series on QuadrigaCX
how Gerald Cotton, a lifelong Ponzi-addict, came to be the CEO of Canada’s largest crypto exchange
what Ponzi-schemes Gerald ran before starting Quadriga CX
why customers trusted QuadrigaCX and what red flags were readily apparent looking back
the sketchy tactic Gerald used to single-handedly boosted QuadrigaCX’s trading volume by 30% 
a new wife, empty wallets, a hastily written will, and the circumstances surrounding Gerald’s shocking death
how Gerald’s dark web background might have prepared him to fake his own death
what the chances are that Canadian authorities exhume Gerald’s body 
why Aaron is skeptical Gerald’s widow was “in” on the QuadrigaCX fiasco
 
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Episode Links
 
Aaron Lammer
 
Co-founder of Longform.org + co-host of Longform Podcast (2010+)
Treats Media -- podcast platform (2018+)
Exit Scam
CoinTalk: https://medium.com/s/cointalk 
 
 
Podcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/exitscampod 
 
Episodes: 
The Lost Password

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-password/id1565845318?i=1000521095118 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-ii-the-co-founder/id1565845318?i=1000521984138 

The Co-Founder https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-iii-the-ponzi-schemer/id1565845318?i=1000522885172

The Ponzi Schemer
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-iv-the-chris-markay-account/id1565845318?i=1000523624957 

The Chris Markay Account https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-v-the-old-friend/id1565845318?i=1000524470802

The Old Friend
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-vi-the-coffin/id1565845318?i=1000525407259 

The Coffin
Quadriga
Deep Dives: 
CBC News

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/bitcoin-gerald-cotten-quadriga-cx-death 

Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/the-strange-tale-of-quadriga-gerald-cotten 

Amy Castor timeline

https://amycastor.com/2019/02/12/how-the-hell-did-we-get-here-a-timeline-of-quadrigacx-events/ 

Ontario Securities Commission

https://www.osc.gov.on.ca/quadrigacxreport/ 

 
Details
Ontario Securities Commission deems Quadriga an “old fashioned fraud” + “Ponzi”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/the-strange-tale-of-quadriga-gerald-cotten

https://www.coindesk.com/quadriga-was-a-ponzi-scheme-ontario-securities-regulator-says 

Crypto officially recognized as property in Canada due to this case
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=728711fd-5d3c-43ea-91b4-efb8c02f4bec

Fun Reddit stuff
Is a Gerald Cotten alive? -- a poll:
https://www.reddit.com/r/QuadrigaCX/comments/m17kip/is_gerald_cotten_really_dead/

Graphic connecting Michael Patryn to Omar Dhanani

https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinCA/comments/828dnr/quadrigacx_cofounder_michael_patryn_is_a/ 


Lawyers publicly request that RCMP exhume Gerald Cotten’s body

https://www.coindesk.com/lawyers-ramp-up-pressure-to-exhume-quadriga-ceos-body 

Report on Gerald Cotten transferring funds into a personal account
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/28259/quadrigacx-co-founder-transferred-user-funds-into-personal-accounts-ey


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