Mystery of rogue Bitcoin trader who ‘died’ taking with him password to £155m fortune sparking rumours he faked his death
So what exactly happened to Cotten, and is he still alive somewhere sitting on a mountain of stolen crypto?
He appointed his wife as the executor of his estate, handing over a $9million real estate empire, his yacht and his Cessna plane - and he even left his two dogs an inheritance of $100,000. Despite presenting himself as mild mannered and clean cut, Cotten was found to have had a history of carrying out financial cons - starting when he was just a teenager.
The tech whiz however didn't even need to do it - being an early believer in crypto, he likely would have got rich without the need to scam people.He is believed to have scooped around around $115million in crypto from his own accounts and put them into high risk financial bets - many of which crashed, costing him more money than Quadriga ever actually made.
His death certificate was issued by the Indian authorities and contains an incorrect spelling of his name.Furious investors continue to fight a legal battle to try and have Cotten's body exhumed as they believe his death was a cut and run scam.
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