Update on the QuadrigaCX case: affected users received an FBI email saying they could contact the agency

Coindesk block rhythm BlockBeats news, reports, after the infamous "encryption currency trading platform QuadrigaCX founder" sudden death ", results in a value of about $195 million in the platform of cold wallet encryption assets cannot be removed "have a new progress, in March last year, the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) announced after investigating the case, the agency has a new action.

Valerie Gauthier, a victim expert at the FBI, has been contacted, according to an email sent to the affected users. In addition, she said, victims can contact the fbi at quadrigavictims@fbi.gov to provide information, although "inquiries about the status of the case will not be resolved."

In December, a law firm sent a letter to the royal Canadian mounted police requesting an autopsy of the platform's founder to make sure he died. It is understood that the FBI is one of at least four national investigative agencies investigating the incident, along with the royal Canadian mounted police and an Australian investigative agency that appears to be among them, while the other two have not been publicly disclosed.

According to BlockBeats, QuadrigaCX founder Gerard cotton died suddenly in late 2018 while traveling in India due to illness. His body was embalmed and returned to Canada for burial. For a month after Cotten's death, QuadrigaCX didn't disclose that it was still taking deposits from users, but during that month, some users were unable to withdraw funds. His widow, Jennifer Robertson, filed for creditor protection and informed the public that Gerald coton was the only person who knew the private key to the cold wallet.

So far, it's unclear whether the founder was dead or in suspended animation.

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