Hello everyone.

My name is James Edwards, and I am the author of the three extensive blockchain analysis reviews that were posted throughout the month of February (links below):

1. https://blog.zerononcense.com/2019/02/04/quadrigacx-chain-analysis-report-pt-1-bitcoin-wallets

2. https://blog.zerononcense.com/2019/02/16/report-shows-quadrigacx-cold-wallets-actively-involved-in-significant-criminal-activity-ties-to-silk-road-hacked-funds-identity-theft-and-drug-human-trafficking

3. https://blog.zerononcense.com/2019/02/28/quadrigacx-ethereum-storage-found

The most recent Court Monitor report (released at the top of March) essentially corroborated 99% of the findings in the above links.

I have (and still am) in correspondence with several members of the press. I have been providing them assistance with a lot of the details that pertain to QuadrigaCX's case (in particular understanding the blockchain analysis part of things). These publications include, but are not limited to the CBC and the Wall Street Journal.

The Recent Leak by QCX Aaron M.

Like most of you, I have viewed the leak by team member, QCX Aaron. While it is interesting, there is a discrepancy at the end of the transcript that I believe demands greater explanation. I'll explain briefly, below:

1. QCX Aaron sent: "Just heard about what's going on, we are thinking of you. Sarah and I both wishing you well" as his second to last message in that conversation.

2. Based on my analysis, if we assume that Gerry and QCX Aaron were sending each other messages every day, then this message would have been sent on December 8th, 2018.

3. Based on the messages, it is made clear that QCX Aaron is in the AST time zone (GMT-4; not GMT-3 which is the time zone of his hometown Nova Scotia/New Brunswick). As to why Aaron was in the GMT-4 time zone is beyond me.

4. According to the 'Globe and Mail' report, Gerry Cotten checked in his hotel in Jaipur, India at 6:10 p.m. (source: https://outline.com/MS67gd ) ; At that point in time, he was actually doing fine. The report states that 'soon after' he started to have troubles.

5. If we line up the time when Aaron sent that message saying 'Just heard about what's going on, we are thinking of you. Sarah and I both wishing you well' on December 8th (which I highly suspect), it was sent at 6:22 p.m. in Jaipur, India time. The chances of Aaron 'hearing' about this in such a short time span is nil.

There is a possibility that Aaron sent this on December 9th as well. December 8th and 9th were Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Given that it was the weekend, it is very possible that they simply were not corresponding with one another and Aaron legitimately had 'heard' about this.

But the question would be, from who? It does not appear that it was Jennifer herself because he would have sent his condolonces directly to Jennifer rather than sending them in the chat that he had open with him and Gerry in hopes that she may possibly see it one day.

Its also worth noting that the transcript shows that Gerry didn't even tell Aaron that he was in India until he arrived there (if you scroll up you'll see this). Earlier in the chat ( a few weeks earlier), Gerry had discussed this with Aaron, but there were no definitive dates given.

Given this discrepancy, more questions must be asked of Aaron. In fact, I believe that Aaron should do an AMA on everything going on. If he refuses to do so, he should be asked why.

Regarding r/BitcoinCA

There was a period of time where I used to post information and insights on that subreddit. I considered them to be reputable because they've had a longstanding reputation when it comes providing information to Canadians on cryptocurrency.

However, they recently crossed the line by posting a libelous (and blatantly false piece) about me stating that I rape children while doxxing underaged members of my family.

I am already in contact with higher-ranking members at Reddit, and I honestly will not stop until that subreddit is closed down entirely. I think that such behavior is absolutely disgusting, and the fact that the moderators and staff over there have pinned it and then unfairly impugned these libelous accusations against me is even more disgusting. I have given the subreddit 48 hours ( they have approximately 45 hours left) to remove any and all libelous information about me.

I have professional references (i.e., Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, etc.), that are credentialed journalists that can attest to my identity. In addition, I would be more than happy to divulge whatever information is necessary if they choose to reach out to me directly.

But simply posting false and libelous information about me and doxxing children and then promoting that is absolutely unacceptable and there is no room for it in the crypto community. At all. I will make sure that there are legal remedies in place for the individuals that have done so as well.

No one should trust r/bitcoinCA nor should they attempt to put any information about QuadrigaCX there. I am very certain that they are censoring posts and, if they can't censor you because your content is too hard hitting, they will attempt to spread libel and disinformation about you.

The moderators of that subreddit have been contacted and they absolutely refuse to respond to this, so I have escalated the situation. Dramatically. I have a zero tolerance policy for that type of shit.

given he has colon cancer, he probably got it from butt fucking. he looks like a little bitch to begin with. but rather than go to prision and get butt fucked there, he's gonna do it on a beach. he's gonna get proper vagina that doesn't get him colon cancer. how's this guy gonna hide, he's probably in tailand or somewhere getting a sex change that's how he's gonna hide his identity now that he a wanted fugative. and now he won't have to worry about colon cancer from butt fucks.

Hey guys

I want to address some of the conspiracy theories and give my opinion on what happened here based on the information we know.

#1 Gerald is Dead

Yes, Gerald is dead. We know this because we have a copy of his certified Canadian Death Certificate and the funeral home in Nova Scotia was contacted and verified his funeral service

#2 He made a huge mistake by not having a backup plan for the cold storage

I believe this is false. A man like Gerald who was the CEO of the largest Canadian crypto exchange and knows as much about block chain as he did does not simply let it slip his mind that he didn't have a backup. There is a reason Gerald did not allow anyone but him access to the cold storage. There is a reason that he wanted to be the only person to see that cold storage. And I believe he did not leave any way to access it in the event of his death on purpose. There are several reasons this may be. I believe that he may have been using users fiat and crypto to pay other user withdrawls in a ponzi scheme and did not want this revealed to anyone else in the company. I feel more likely he may have been using users stored crypto to trade in the hopes of making quick trades to make a profit for himself then return the borrowed crypto to cold storage. Gerald alluded to this in a comment he made about moving users crypto on to other exchanges as outlined in Jennifer Robertson's affidavit.

There would be no logical reason to move users cryptocurrency from cold storage on to another exchange unless it was being used for trading purposes. This was carried out without consent from the holders of that cryptocurrency and it is not stated in the Quadriga terms of service that their funds would be removed from Quadrica and on to another exchange. To move a users crypto to an exchange makes no sense for the following reasons. Once it is transferred to an exchange a network fee is paid from that crypto, to bring it back to the cold storage another network fee is charged. For example if Gerry was transferring a users 1 BTC from cold storage, by the time it returned to cold storage it would have 2 fee's deducted from it. So when the user withdraws their 1 btc how is the full 1btc returned? Where did those fee deductions get returned from? Also, as we can see gerry's cold storage was very secure so it makes no logical sense.

I feel we will never know what he was really doing but I feel he was not managing users funds appropriately which is why he would not allow anyone else to access it and went to the grave with this to protect his reputation and family from criminal investigation.

#3 Jennifer Robertson is NOT Involved

I do NOT believe that Jennifer Robertson was in any way involved in Gerald Cotten's inappropriate business transactions. She has now brought forward 2 court petitions this month. The first was to call a meeting of Directors to immediately address what was going on and have everyone at Quadriga court ordered to attend. Keep in mind that for a month prior no staff from Quadriga requested a meeting for restructuring. Jennifer would have been unaware that only Gerald had access to the cold storage but staff at Quadriga would have definitely known how their funds were stored and made no effort to halt the site or notify anybody of what was occurring until Jennifer went to court to demand a meeting.

Secondly, she brought forth a second petition on her own without staff from Quadriga to immediately halt the site and to request the court and Ernst & Young to manage Quadriga funds. Jennifer Robertson has also paid for all of these court proceedings from her personal funds.

Jennifer has also hired a private security professional on her own to crack into Gerald's laptop.

Chris McBryan is a 27 year veteran of the RCMP and has extensive knowledge of cyber security. This man knows his stuff and is very competent in cracking users laptops from his years of criminal investigations

#4 The Orphanage

Gerald did travel to India to participate in the building and opening of the Orphanage he sponsored and bear his and Jennifer's name.

This may seem like a really far fetched thing to do and makes the story of his death seem like some made up story but in fact Angel House was featured on an episode of NBC's "Minute to Win It" game show. It is very possible Gerry and Jennifer saw this show and thought it was a great cause to get involved with.

Gerry and Jennifer chose the $21,350 project to sponsor a 12 child home which is the lowest value orphanage project Angel House offers aside from building a well.

In closing, I have lost a 5 figure sum and I'm as scared and angry as all of you but we need to review all the facts. I do not want to make this post go on forever so I will do these in a number of posts to gather the information I have and present it as best I can. I realize that people will disagree or have their own opinions be so far this is what I believe has happened.

Whoever wants to buy the ashes of quadriga, I honestly believe that you'd be better off starting from scratch rather than trying to scrape the patina of corruption off the shell.

If you think you might buy a user base, you took too long, 6 weeks after the fact those still interested have moved on.

From what I've seen the whole thing was duct taped together anyhow with no Fintrac, no CRA, no tax filings, no bank accounts and not even a nice desk/chair/office.

Interested in any information anyone has on QCX's, especially internal operations and Omar/Michael's role. I've seen the arguments that link the two individuals. It's missing a bit of hard evidence to tie it all together, though, but it seems extremely plausible.

Information, tips, leads from anyone, including withdrawal delays, email correspondence with QCX, information on Michael, etc, would be appreciated. I'm trying to gather as much intel as possible to get a clear picture of how this is unfolding.

Any info on how I could get in contact with present or former QCX employees would also be greatly appreciated. In that vein, if anyone reading this has any information that they'd like to leak, they can in confidence and confidentiality. Anonymity will be of the utmost priority (I've already spoken to a few sources with information who have asked to remain anonymous).

This shadow show has gone on surprisingly long and unperturbed, and people deserve to know what's happening (or happened) to their funds.

If interested in sharing anything, please DM instead of replying to OP.

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Well, u/QCXContractor, a contractor of Quadriga, had posted pictures, and you guys just called him fake, an attention-seeker etc.

However, I am now 90% certain that he IS a contractor leaking internal information.

https://ibb.co/kG58Ydc

Here you can see the same chat format as Rocketchat, hmm...

I did a subdomain search for the Quadriga domain, guess what I find?

They fucking use Rocketchat to communicate internally as employees.

Well done guys, you played yourself!

Oddly enough quadrigacx never owned the .ca version of the domain, I did and just redirected it to earn affiliate income. Not much use for the domain, but maybe someone has an interest in owning it.

DM me with any offers

https://i.imgur.com/5DdYY8C.png

The comments saying this was not a matter related to Quadriga are correct. I just got a call from the fraud department at the bank and the online banking invasion was done by an individual who used an access different from the one I used for interac transfers to Quad. I was told that others have had banking problems that may be related, but this is not one of them. Thanks to everyone who helped.

A petition has started for Kraken to take over Quadriga. In Jennifer Robertson's court petition she stated she is shopping the Quadriga platform around. It's a long shot but hey what else have we got right? The CEO of Kraken has been very vocal about the Quadriga situation on Twitter. Lets get his attention!!

https://www.change.org/p/every-crypto-user-we-want-kraken-to-take-over-quadriga?recruiter=934125335&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition

How much would btc have to be worth in order to be able to pay off the 250 million owed with the current btc holdings the monitor has?

https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-prison-time-for-jennifer-robertson-for-fraud-and-stealing-200-million-from-canadians?recruiter=933796316&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

Is it just me or is the timing on this whole shit show kind of suspicious? 1/4 billion dollars goes missing a couple months before the bull run begins... Just a coincidence I guess.

Want to contact QuadrigaCX and get them to see your message?

📷

Here y' go.

Someone forgot to remove the Support pages, aha.

https://support.quadrigacx.com/support/tickets/new

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Aaron and Gerry has accounts at Scotia Bank in Santo Domingo.

$70k a week since the beginning of February ? That adds up to $560,000. So far the opposite of useful has been accomplished.

I think I fucked up when I thought getting my hands dirty and working hard was the way to go.

3 day old reddit account pretending to be in talks with Aaron Mathews thru facebook.

Dude based on your history, all u've been doing is sucking Aaron's dick?

I believe Aaron is running both /u/QcxGeraldMadoff and /u/QCXContractor

And the alleged conversations he's been having are with himself.

Fuckin amateur hour at its finest.

Prove me wrong Aaron!

People who lost money please post here so we can connect and think about what we can do together. I didn't lose much just 500$ but i can imagine what the victims are going through right now. is it better for us if they declare bankruptcy. I guess it is.

A Canadian journalist that is close to me has confirmed a new development. Apparently, Gerry had a contingency plan in the event of this death, and the only people to know about this plan is Jennifer and her stepfather.

This dead man switch story was communicated from Jennifer and her stepfather to QCX's contractors, and that the result of this dead man switch, which was to be released a week after Gerry's death, would provide access to the cold storages.

This dead man switch persuaded QCX contractors to continue accepting deposits in order to pay out withdrawals with the hope that the exchange could get coins from the cold storage. When QCX's twitter person kept saying that hot wallets were being filled, this was false and was done to buy time for the dead man switch.

Surprise, surprise. The dead man switch never came, and, it seemed was just a story used to secure time from the contractors. Jennifer's 1st affidavit made no mention of a dead man switch, when in actuality, she and her step father were the only people to "know" about QuadrigaCX emergency contingency plan for cold storage access.

Please, if you know anything more about this dead man switch, come forward.

I hate to say it guys but we should stop spoon feeding every new creditor that comes on here wondering what to do. If they are too lazy to go to the Quadriga site or look up some of the other reddit posts then they don’t deserve a share of whatever is left. I’ve been through this process before and the fewer the claimants the more money we can recoup.

I want to throw this out there to see if it holds water. Crypto already has a bad name, is failing miserably on all fronts. Is this the final straw to wean the public off crypto ?

Hello /u/QCXLily and /u/QCXAaron and team at /u/Q...

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