A law firm representing users of the QuadrigaCX trading platform has asked investigators to extract the body of the former CEO.

A letter sent by law firm Miller Thompson to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) requests that they examine the body of Gerald Cotten, the former CEO of QuadrigaCX who was said to have died of complications from Crohn’s disease at the end of December 2018.

Cotton was 30 years old at the time.

Quoting from the message:

The purpose of this letter is to request, on behalf of the users, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to perform an exhumation of Gerald Cotton to confirm its identity and cause of death.

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This is in view of the questionable circumstances surrounding Mr. Cotton’s death and the heavy losses it caused to users of the platform.

Cotton’s death was kept a secret for a month after his death, as the platform accepted deposits but did not allow some customers to withdraw funds throughout that time.

Shortly after Cotten’s death was announced on QuadrigaCX by his widow Jennifer Robertson, the trading platform remained offline and a creditor protection request was filed.

It was then announced that Cotten was the only person who knew the keys to the platform’s cold wallets, and thus was the only person with access to the cryptocurrencies deposited there.

Despite all that has been said, an investigation by the court-appointed QuadrigaCX observer at Ernst & Young revealed that the crypto wallets on the exchange were empty, with most crypto holdings moved to other platforms and wallets.

It was later revealed that Cotten had used at least some of the crypto that had been transferred from Quadriga.

lingering doubts:

Cotton’s death has been in doubt since it was announced.

According to Robertson’s statement, he died of complications from Crohn’s disease, a disease that is generally not fatal.

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Robertson’s attorney told the source in a statement that she did not understand the purpose of the exhumation.

Where she stated the following:

Cotten passed away on December 9, 2018, in India.

An independent investigation by the Globe and Mail earlier this year confirmed it and should not be in doubt.

While Ms. Robertson has helped affected Quadriga users recover assets, she has fully cooperated with the Ernst & Young investigation.

It’s not clear how an exhumation or autopsy to confirm Cotten’s cause of death from complications from Crohn’s disease will help the asset recovery process further.

It is reported that the death certificate, which he obtained a copy of Location From the Indian Hospital that “Cotten”, whose name was spelled with misspellings, that the actual cause of death is not clear.

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After his death, Cotten’s body was embalmed and taken to Canada, where he was reported to have been buried in mid-December.

The death of Gerald Cotten, the former CEO of the QuadrigaCX trading platform, remains one of the biggest mysteries in the crypto arena that still exists as of this writing.

Any new progress in this case, we will bring it to you in subsequent topics.

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