On an evening in early December 2018, the young CEO of a cryptocurrency exchange reportedly

dies while on his honeymoon in India.

This death is not announced to customers for another month, and when their told Gerald

Cotton is the only person to hold the passwords to their funds, conspiracy theories grow, leaving

some to wonder, could Gerald Cotton still be alive?

Honeymoon, moving to body, all the missing money, it was like, but what happened?

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The following episode contains difficult subject matter and references to sexual assault.

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It's 10 o'clock at night in March of 2009, and I'm working late in my home office in

Winnipeg.

At this point, we are only a few months into our research on the Peter Nighguard story.

As I turn out the lights, I notice something strange.

A car is sitting outside of my house.

Its headlights reflecting off the snow banks that have piled up on my street from a long prairie

winter.

It's idling, and a man is just sitting in the front seat.

While I wait, I tap out an email to a colleague.

Not to sound too paranoid, I write, but there's been a vehicle outside my house with someone

in it for at least half an hour, and perhaps longer.

Adding to my paranoia, I was supposed to meet with two Nighguard whistleblowers that same

evening, but had to reschedule.

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