Exit Scam podcast artwork
Technology

Exit Scam

by Treats Media
Share this ranking Claiming needs an RSS feed. Contact us.
Listen on Apple Podcasts

Where it charts

Today’s combined position on our country charts.

Australia · Technology
#161 New on this chart
Pulse 5
Mexico · Technology
#187 New on this chart
Pulse 7

Ranking history

Technology, AustraliaTechnology, Mexico
History builds daily. We started tracking this show on the Technology chart recently, so the trend line appears after a second day of data.

About the show

In 2018, Gerald Cotten, the founder of Canada's biggest Bitcoin exchange, died under mysterious circumstances during a honeymoon trip to India.His customers were told that the $215 million they'd deposited on the exchange was lost forever — because Gerry had forgotten to leave behind his passwords.But here's the thing: Not everyone believes he's dead.Exit Scam is about what really happened to Gerald Cotten and the fortune that disappeared with him.

Latest episodes

  • Part VIII: The Exit

    June 28, 2021 · 30 min

    In our final episode, Quadriga customers demand that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police exhume Gerald Cotten’s coffin.

  • Part VII: The Wife

    June 21, 2021 · 29 min

    There's only one person who knows what really happened to Gerry in India--besides Gerry himself--and it's his wife, Jen.

  • Part VI: The Coffin

    June 14, 2021 · 37 min

    We trace the 7,000-mile path that Gerald Cotten’s body took after his alleged death, from a Jaipur hospital to a Halifax cemetery.

  • Part V: The Old Friend

    June 7, 2021 · 32 min

    A friend of Gerry's once defended him and said there was no way he faked his death. But now he’s changed his mind and wonders how he missed the clues, despite being a Bitcoin security expert.

  • Part IV: The Chris Markay Account

    May 31, 2021 · 30 min

    Three years before his death, Gerry embarks on a spending spree, buying a yacht, a plane, and even his own private island. But things at his Bitcoin exchange, Quadriga, begin to unravel.

  • Part III: The Ponzi Schemer

    May 24, 2021 · 27 min

    When Gerry was in his teens and early twenties, one thing stood out about him: his money. He had a lot of it and nobody knew where it came from.

  • Part II: The Co-Founder

    May 17, 2021 · 25 min

    The story of how Gerry turned Quadriga into Canada’s top Bitcoin exchange — with help from his shadowy co-founder.

  • Part I: The Lost Password

    May 10, 2021 · 27 min

    Canadian crypto baron Gerald Cotten dies under mysterious circumstances while on his honeymoon in India, causing a $215 million problem for customers of his Bitcoin exchange, Quadriga.