Braziel: The entire 14,000 Mt. Gox creditor list was leaked
Thomas Braziel · How To Turn $100K into $4,000,000 with Distressed Investing · Sep 19, 2025 · at 23:38
Distressed asset investor Thomas Braziel explains how he sourced individual claim holders to purchase their Mt. Gox bankruptcy claims.
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“For myself this is gonna sound ridiculous, but the entire 14,000 credit, you know, 14,000 creditors or customers was a leak list.”
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