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
- The Co-Founder
- The Ponzi Schemer
- The Chris Markay Account
- The Old Friend
- The Coffin
Quadriga
Deep Dives:
- CBC News
- Vanity Fair
- Amy Castor timeline
- Ontario Securities Commission
Details
- Ontario Securities Commission deems Quadriga an “old fashioned fraud” + “Ponzi”
- Crypto officially recognized as property in Canada due to this case
- Fun Reddit stuff
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- Is a Gerald Cotten alive? — a poll:
- Graphic connecting Michael Patryn to Omar Dhanani
- Lawyers publicly request that RCMP exhume Gerald Cotten’s body
- Report on Gerald Cotten transferring funds into a personal account
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