Cant believe the article makes no mention of the other major piece of this conspiracy which is that Michael Patryn, the co-founder of Quadriga, is actually Omar Dhanani, who was charged with one count of conspiracy to transfer identification documents as part of Shadowcrew.com and did 18 months in jail. IMO he is the real mastermind here, as his criminal record shows he was fully capable of hacking Cotten's accounts and was in close enough proximity to his networks to not raise suspicion.