Mt Gox創始人將以侵佔公款罪被再次逮捕
Japanese police investigating the disappearance of nearly $500m of bitcoins are poised to rearrest the French founder of the Mt Gox virtual currency exchange amid questions about the purchase of a $48,000 four-poster bed.
正在調查總價值近5億美元的比特幣失蹤案的日本警方，準備重新逮捕比特幣交易所Mt Gox的法籍創始人，他將面對的問題包括用4.8萬美元購買一張四柱牀。
Before the exchange collapsed last year, sending shockwaves through the bitcoin community, Mt Gox was the largest such trading platform in the world.
去年該交易所的倒閉對整個比特幣世界造成巨大沖擊，此前Mt Gox是世界上最大的比特幣交易平臺。
Mark Karpelès, initially accused of manipulating the Mt Gox computer system and inflating the size of his own company account, has been in detention in Tokyo without formal charges since the start of August. People close to the matter said police would today issue a fresh warrant for Mr Karpelès’s arrest on the charge of embezzlement — a change that grants investigators a further three weeks to interrogate him.
最初，馬克慍楓萊斯(Mark Karpelès)被指操縱Mt Gox電腦系統以及擡高其公司的賬戶餘額。自8月初以來他一直被羈押在東京，尚未面臨任何正式指控。知情人士稱，警方將在今天發出新的逮捕令，以侵吞公款罪名逮捕卡佩萊斯——這將使調查人員再獲得3周時間對其進行審問。
The rearrest will extend a process known informally to police and prosecutors as shomusen — the “war of attrition” waged by investigators seeking a confession. A lawyer for Mr Karpelès said that his client denied the original charges and had made no confession under questioning. But after three weeks of interrogation, those close to the matter said police believe they have enough evidence to accuse Mr Karpelès of embezzlement, alleging he misappropriated $2.6m of deposits from the trading accounts of Mt Gox customers. A substantial portion of that money is thought to have been used to buy software rights on behalf of the company. However, according to police allegations, Y6m ($48,000) was diverted to buy a bed. Police suspect it was intended for the personal use of Mr Karpelès.
重新逮捕將延長被警方和檢察官私下稱爲shomusen的階段——即調查人員爲獲得招供而發起“消耗戰”。卡佩萊斯的一名律師稱，其客戶否認了最初的指控，在審問過程中沒有招供。但是在審問進行3周後，知情人士稱，警方相信已掌握足夠證據指控卡佩萊斯犯有侵吞公款罪，聲稱他從Mt Gox客戶的賬戶中挪用了260萬美元。這筆錢中有很大一部分據信被用於以公司的名義購買軟件使用權。然而，據警方表示，其中600萬日元（合4.8萬美元）被用於購買了一張牀。警方懷疑，這張牀是供卡佩萊斯個人使用。
A lawyer for Mr Karpelès said the deposits were used for investments in new businesses while the bed was an interior decoration for his guesthouse, both of which were meant as marketing tools to promote the use of bitcoins.
卡佩萊斯的律師稱，這些存款是用於向新業務投資，而這張牀用於其招待所的內飾，兩者都被當作營銷工具，目的是促進比特幣的使用。
