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Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King

It was Cotten responding to that order, crediting their accountwith fake cryptocurrencies

It was Cotten responding to that order, crediting their account
with fake cryptocurrencies

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It was Cotten responding to that order,
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crediting their account with fake cryptocurrencies.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:24
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime
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N/A

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A group of investors turned sleuths as they try to unlock the suspicious death of cryptocurrency multimillionaire Gerry Cotten and the missing $250 million they believe he stole from them.
And that's what he did hundreds of thousands of times. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:05
And that's what he did hundreds of thousands of times.
That's when we were able to identify the link - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:12
That's when we were able to identify the link
He's transferring the cryptocurrencies that are owned by users - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:09
He's transferring the cryptocurrencies that are owned b...
It looks like Gerry, in a way, treated Quadriga as his own piggybank, - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:09
It looks like Gerry, in a way, treated Quadriga as his own p...
In effect, Cotten was playing the casino with users' assets. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:08
In effect, Cotten was playing the casino with users' as...
But he found himself losing instead of winning. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:05
But he found himself losing instead of winning.
Gerry, I mean, he was a spectacularly bad trader. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:06
Gerry, I mean, he was a spectacularly bad trader.
You know, in amongst these kind of periods where crypto is booming - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:13
You know, in amongst these kind of periods where crypto is b...
Mr. Cotten lost approximately $150 million by essentially gambling. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:08
Mr. Cotten lost approximately $150 million by essentially ga...
Oh my God. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:10
Oh my God.
Now, this is when it turned into more of a Ponzi scheme. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:05
Now, this is when it turned into more of a Ponzi scheme.
In a Ponzi scheme, if the individuals want their money back, - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:10
In a Ponzi scheme, if the individuals want their money back,
But, you see, the enemy of a Ponzi scheme - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:09
But, you see, the enemy of a Ponzi scheme
And that's what started happening in early 2018. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:05
And that's what started happening in early 2018.
The prices started to drop very quickly. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:05
The prices started to drop very quickly.
That created a rush by users to cash in on their profits. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:07
That created a rush by users to cash in on their profits.
Quadriga very quickly started to struggle fulfilling those withdrawal requests. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:07
Quadriga very quickly started to struggle fulfilling those w...
Cotten was fulfilling the requests of whoever was screaming the loudest. - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:07
Cotten was fulfilling the requests of whoever was screaming ...
He was really a fireman at that point, - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:07
He was really a fireman at that point,
Of Gerry kind of getting stuck - Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 00:09
Of Gerry kind of getting stuck