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TOKYO—Mark Karpeles, 33 years old, was the CEO of what was once the world’s largest bitcoin exchange until it went bankrupt on Feb. 28 2014–with 650,000 bitcoins ($400 million) missing.

Hauled up before a Japanese justice system which rarely concedes an error or misses a conviction, it looked like Karpeles was headed for years of incarceration. But on Friday the Tokyo District Court gave him a second chance at life.

Karpeles was first arrested on Aug. 1, 2015, by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, who believed he must be the bitcoin thief and would crack under interrogation. He did not. They arrested him two more times. He was indicted on three charges. The conviction rate for the indicted in Japan is 99 percent. Last December, prosecutors asked for him to be punished with 10 years in jail. It has already been over five years since his company and his life collapsed.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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