The Bizarre Disappearance Of A Canadian CEO - An Unsolved Mystery

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    In 2013 a new company would rise to dominance in Canada capturing 80% marketshare of all trades done in the region. But after the CEO mysteriously vanished, investors were missing hundreds of millions of dollars, to this day they have not located them or the CEO.
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  • @BarelySociable
    @BarelySociable  Před 3 lety +710

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  • @lespaul1631
    @lespaul1631 Před 3 lety +6086

    He died "suddenly" while on a trip to India, 12 days after writing his will. Sounds legit.

    • @catmixer4450
      @catmixer4450 Před 3 lety +251

      It is common to write your will just before or during your honeymoon but due to the other factors I do believe that he is still alive

    • @johnwerner4925
      @johnwerner4925 Před 3 lety +131

      Don't G.I. doctors advise sufferers of Crohns against travelling to third-world countries simply because poor sanitation and water quality can be counter to effective treatment of the disease? If he really had Crohns it is doubtful he would desire to go to India for his honeymoon. But because this unsupported cover story combined with ease of obtaining a bogus death certificate "would fit" India then that's the escape plan. The marriage was likely more of a business partnership with someone who could play the grieving widow as well as leverage the real estate holdings and cash (she's probably got miillions in currency or gold somewhere) in order to keep them. For these reasons it is hard to take Cotten's death at face value. The thing is he's probably not as high of priority for the governments of Canada and the US since incidents of major loses by investors play into these government's desires to make crypto-currencies un-attractive. If they do aggressively try to find him, which seems doubtful, it will be more due to money laundering. Since that is no longer happening due to "his death" that seems like a long-shot. Obviously the man is a smart criminal. But, he's also shown he's greedy and in time it's probably that greed that will out him living a new identity still coniving and stealing. He may slip up yet.

    • @TheClinophobic
      @TheClinophobic Před 3 lety +12

      @@johnwerner4925 In the video it was mentioned that he was donating money to have an orphanage built there. I presume he delivered the money himself.

    • @asmrtpop2676
      @asmrtpop2676 Před 3 lety +34

      @@johnwerner4925 North americans don’t use bidets and let a pandemic happen they don’t care about water.

    • @outrageous-alex
      @outrageous-alex Před 3 lety +17

      Yeah, it's all plausible. But the evidence surrounding it are shady.
      I don't understand, this guy had a few million from when he was younger, without issue. Like dude be humble.

  • @lldns
    @lldns Před 3 lety +7205

    This story stands out to me. I'm from Belize, and there's a rich business man that lives in a town about an hour away from where I do. The story that's known here about him is eerily similar. Canadian involved in a crypto scam, faked his death and moved here for the sole purpose of hiding. I heard about this at around mid-2019 and he is still around and not subtle about his wealth.

    • @Ami14120
      @Ami14120 Před 3 lety +1369

      dude research this, its not "similar" its identical

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal Před 3 lety +508

      Probably the same guy

    • @vidzpk5144
      @vidzpk5144 Před 3 lety +733

      You need to check into this, possibly make a video about it, this is big

    • @jacksamson5118
      @jacksamson5118 Před 3 lety +368

      That absolutely sounds like him. Hope Barely Sociable notices this comment.

    • @eles928
      @eles928 Před 3 lety +424

      @Hyperskreem 82 They don't, however, Belize argues that they do because they're both part of the English Commonweath. Eitherway, an exchange is possible (if it's him) because Canada has a prisoner Belize wants.

  • @nothobbesmufc949
    @nothobbesmufc949 Před 3 lety +527

    Says her husband valued honesty and transparency, hides his 'death' from his customers for over a month. One of many gigantic red flags that dude is alive. She was just giving him time to get somewhere that has no extradition agreements.

    • @artamarti176
      @artamarti176 Před 2 lety +17

      I heard that quote and thought: I bet Gerald is sitting at her shoulder saying “write this, honey”

    • @florida23
      @florida23 Před 2 lety +2

      The land of Cypress is full of these crooks.

  • @fakeoutmedia9698
    @fakeoutmedia9698 Před 3 lety +3671

    Running a proprietor of an orphanage into several years debt just to alibi your own death while feigning a charitable act is scummy as. I hope they find him and take him for everything he's got

    • @4our100
      @4our100 Před 3 lety +167

      This Cotton guy is like the archetype of scammers. He is just pure scam.

    • @carlosca1501
      @carlosca1501 Před 3 lety +192

      @Killarrex he should be punished tho

    • @extragoogleaccount6061
      @extragoogleaccount6061 Před 3 lety +278

      @Killarrex What about the thousands of customers he scammed? This isn't some underdog story like the Barefoot Bandit, Cotten used existing systems that billionaires and millionaires use to avoid taxes and hide funds and took a massive amount of money from common individuals.
      He's not a hero. He's a villain. And a selfish one at that.

    • @aquaprofile
      @aquaprofile Před 3 lety +8

      @@extragoogleaccount6061 but he’s smart so he got away.

    • @darkkiss7247
      @darkkiss7247 Před 3 lety +77

      @@aquaprofile For now.

  • @seant1479
    @seant1479 Před 3 lety +3708

    Guy: “I’ve seen Gerry walk through the airport with $50,000 in cash.”
    Same guy in same breath: “He was a very *reasonable* person”

    • @AshHeaven
      @AshHeaven Před 3 lety +21

      Exactly

    • @aoki6332
      @aoki6332 Před 3 lety +122

      the only people who carry that much cash are criminal and millionaire so pretty much the same person

    • @mattberg6816
      @mattberg6816 Před 3 lety +80

      @@aoki6332 wealthy people aren’t carrying 50k in cash anywhere

    • @aoki6332
      @aoki6332 Před 3 lety +5

      @@mattberg6816 some does you know people that are making ilegal money so they dont put it on bank account

    • @mattberg6816
      @mattberg6816 Před 3 lety +44

      @@aoki6332 I don’t admit to knowing anything

  • @sterlinsilver
    @sterlinsilver Před 3 lety +405

    I mean, with a name like Quadriga... That name is like an evil megacorp from a movie, that name is so... Suspicious

    • @tanishqsagar3440
      @tanishqsagar3440 Před 3 lety +20

      what.
      dude, hindsight is always 20/20

    • @Nealrex101
      @Nealrex101 Před 2 lety +1

      Quadriguez

    • @lizzychrome7630
      @lizzychrome7630 Před 2 lety +5

      Either that, or a name for the alien queen of a race of quadrupeds.

    • @JunkCCCP
      @JunkCCCP Před 2 lety +14

      It sounds like an erectile dysfunction medication.

    • @sterlinsilver
      @sterlinsilver Před 2 lety

      @hippie hipper what do it mean tho?

  • @cdxx6770
    @cdxx6770 Před rokem +182

    You explained this waaay better than the Netflix documentary (which focuses more on the drama surrounding his fake death).

  • @bromisovalum8417
    @bromisovalum8417 Před 3 lety +1943

    He's probably watching this and laughing somewhere on a tropical paradise with a new name and a huge bank account. "Gerald cared deeply about honesty and transparency" she's mocking everyone duped.

    • @osmankalif3500
      @osmankalif3500 Před 3 lety +92

      He is out there smashin big booty latinas livin his best life

    • @obibellowme
      @obibellowme Před 3 lety +66

      Gerald is this you?

    • @theoriez8942
      @theoriez8942 Před 3 lety +27

      gerald? bro

    • @rt3chikin413
      @rt3chikin413 Před 3 lety +20

      brooooo.... big G?

    • @jackson2308
      @jackson2308 Před 3 lety +95

      The tears he cried in 2017 will lubricate the cheeks he'll clap in 2021.

  • @cryptokek6820
    @cryptokek6820 Před 3 lety +234

    I was a customer of QuadrigaCX while they operated. One of the strangest things their platform offered was physical cash deliveries. I used this option for a 20,000 CAD cash withdraw. 3 Days later a FedEx package arrived with 20,000 CAD in all 50's and it smelled like mothballs as if it was stashed in grandma's attic. Weirdest shit ever. I was among the lucky people to suffer no loss from them.

    • @nickjunes
      @nickjunes Před 2 lety +21

      This is hilarious.

    • @InsanityPlusOne
      @InsanityPlusOne Před 2 lety +28

      So from this we can work out his grandma was running the show and had him killed on his honeymoon cause he was getting cold feet.

    • @xw8138
      @xw8138 Před 2 lety +2

      Try to get his DNA. Post it on the internet worldwide. We'll find him.

    • @Skinnieraman
      @Skinnieraman Před 2 lety

      lollllll

    • @brianashe4725
      @brianashe4725 Před 3 měsíci

      You dodged the world's most expensive bullet.

  • @sunxnes
    @sunxnes Před 3 lety +2189

    i swear i expected you in the end to be like "now i know you're wondering: Where is Gerald Cotten? Well I have a live webcam view of him that I will now put up on the screen."

  • @brothercamtv
    @brothercamtv Před 3 lety +109

    "He fired up his money printer again..." - favorite quote from this video.

  • @lukejames9805
    @lukejames9805 Před 2 lety +33

    I live in Vancouver Canada. Myself, and many people I know, got scammed by this company and lost thousands. I've read dozens or articles and seen dozens of videos about this. There is a group of people funding a private investigation to find this guy. No one has ever been successful. He's vanished without a trace.

    • @KatherinedeVarennes
      @KatherinedeVarennes Před 4 měsíci +1

      They should trail his wife. She'll lead investigators to him eventually.

    • @AmiAki
      @AmiAki Před měsícem

      I think he is actually dead tbh but I still trust that wife.

  • @TECHN01200
    @TECHN01200 Před 3 lety +1877

    This is why you NEVER keep crypto on an exchange account. Keep it in a wallet you control.

    • @AlfredvanKuik
      @AlfredvanKuik Před 3 lety +78

      @ilove bigbrother Lots of people leave it in exchanges for day trading or simply because they don't have the knowledge to transfer crypto or own their own wallet.

    • @tygonmaster
      @tygonmaster Před 3 lety +25

      You say that like banks and similar instiutions do not also exist. In the US, many are FDIC or NCUA-backed, but around the world, not so much. Crypto simply attracts a lot more issues because of the assumed anonymity. Any time you give someone else your money, be it in any form, you take a risk of being screwed.

    • @zazzyboy8592
      @zazzyboy8592 Před 3 lety +7

      Is Coinbase an exchange account?

    • @toheedsaeed1947
      @toheedsaeed1947 Před 3 lety +5

      @@zazzyboy8592 yes

    • @TECHN01200
      @TECHN01200 Před 3 lety +6

      @@zazzyboy8592 Yes, it is because you don't hold it, coinbase does.

  • @narusferree6506
    @narusferree6506 Před 3 lety +3154

    If we can find a Japanese guy with nothing but a decade-old picture of his face and no offered reward, finding this lad shouldn't even be difficult.

    • @flarithen
      @flarithen Před 3 lety +38

      who are you referring to?

    • @Punyulada
      @Punyulada Před 3 lety +411

      @@flarithen It's the guy from Inside A Mind's video from a defunct card game that only had the guy's photo and the words "Find me."

    • @Punyulada
      @Punyulada Před 3 lety +41

      @@flarithen It's the guy from Inside A Mind's video from a defunct card game that only had the guy's photo and the words "Find me."

    • @Bxhhjx
      @Bxhhjx Před 3 lety +278

      @@Punyulada we heard u the first time

    • @Mngalahad
      @Mngalahad Před 3 lety +46

      They found satoshi or whatever his name was?

  • @josephjames259
    @josephjames259 Před 3 lety +78

    When someone uses the word “transparency “ (particularly government officials), someone is about to get screwed.

    • @pyromen321
      @pyromen321 Před 2 lety +6

      No one mentions transparency unless they’re being opaque

  • @EnormousPurpleGarden
    @EnormousPurpleGarden Před 9 měsíci +10

    Lol one of the headlines at 4:40 is "B.C. farmer grabs lynx by scruff of neck, scolds it for killing chickens."

  • @KalCounty
    @KalCounty Před 3 lety +1653

    So a rich guy spent years stealing massive amounts of money he didn't need from regular folks who used his services in good faith, and he got away with it. Tale as old as time.

    • @willywanker5866
      @willywanker5866 Před 3 lety +12

      If i were him and got that much money i would pay back the people i scammed lol

    • @WoodChoppa911
      @WoodChoppa911 Před 3 lety +35

      @Aurelia the economic system is currently making inequality even worse but the problem is not the system, it's the lack of regulations that let big players of the economy to get more money and by that also power.
      Money is an important tool for humanity, we need it to trade and get basic needs, I doubt it will go anytime soon. The problem is not the money, but the users and the lack of regulations that let people and other parties to exploit the imperfect economic and financial system for their own gains by the loss of others.
      More importantly cryptocurrency is even more prone to fraud than normal state currency because you can't regulate or track crypto, that's the point of crypto and why it's widely used for dark web services and trades.

    • @Lookin4WhoAsked
      @Lookin4WhoAsked Před 2 lety +7

      @Aurelia bro what? Crypto is a unregulated market…… thing like this happen because of de-regulation

    • @willywanker5866
      @willywanker5866 Před 2 lety +1

      @Meme Lord yea i probably wouldn’t lmao, but i imagine it wouldnt be too hard to pay them back once u got a ton of money

    • @Jay-qh6uv
      @Jay-qh6uv Před 2 lety +7

      He wasn’t even that rich, was he? He made himself fake rich and turned it into real wealth through a scam.

  • @kevindube7096
    @kevindube7096 Před 3 lety +763

    “Totally Legit Holdings LLC”
    😂

  • @UtsukushiiLoli
    @UtsukushiiLoli Před 3 lety +44

    The Canadian accent... 😂😂 I'm crying. I really hope people hear that when I talk.

  • @alienajaxon250
    @alienajaxon250 Před 2 lety +13

    I watched the newish Netflix doc about this guy. I was almost convinced that he's dead. A journalist travelled to India, where they filmed the doc at the hospital who did the death certificate. Neftlix failed to mention there was another death certificate for him. Also might have failed to mention that embalming thing... Netflix also failed to mention that his accounts have been used since his "death."

    • @nothobbesmufc949
      @nothobbesmufc949 Před rokem +7

      his wife seemed fairly credible in that documentary....but short of digging up his body it's hard to believe he's actually dead. His actions before his "death" are extremely suspicious, his manner of death is extremely sus.....and this guy seemed very gifted at the art of the con.

  • @zombiethederg6434
    @zombiethederg6434 Před 3 lety +836

    I love how the CANADIAN GOVERMENT in MARCH send the supposed money launderer an email asking him about suspicous funds, and when he dosent respond for a ENTIRE MONTH they just dont question it at all whatsoever

    • @danielhicks4826
      @danielhicks4826 Před 3 lety +103

      Its ths Canadian government much like the uk gov there already a dead zombified corpse at this point, any government concerned with nonsense like"trans kids" or"racial/gender based hiring quotas" is doomed to just fade away and collapse on its nonsense self, so to expect things like courts to work under that is pointless ya know. There far to concerned with virtue signaling and imaginary"wacism sexism" nonsense schemes/agendas. Not like the U.s Government isnt to but its just worse in Canada is all.

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi Před 3 lety +5

      Braindead and useless....NOTHING like the USAs CIA

    • @imk2007
      @imk2007 Před 3 lety +1

      Seems legit

    • @keeplearning4L
      @keeplearning4L Před 3 lety +82

      @@danielhicks4826 what

    • @wanidouse
      @wanidouse Před 3 lety +23

      High class economics are actually fucking stupid and ridiculous. If you habe enough money, connections, or look legit enough you can really do anything fraudulent and get away with it for at least 2 months if not forever as this guy has.

  • @Jeffmylife
    @Jeffmylife Před 3 lety +2812

    I just had an all nighter by accident and right when I laid down... *boodaloo* Barely Sociable uploaded... okay that’s fine I got time

  • @zhatar4214
    @zhatar4214 Před 2 lety +15

    Michael Patryn just resurfaced now in some twitter drama, people found out he was holding 1 out of 3 keys of a massive treasury of a Defi protocol called Wonderland.

  • @jrwkc
    @jrwkc Před 3 lety +44

    Can I just say that maintaining a crypto ponzi scheme seems stressful.

  • @ObviousRises
    @ObviousRises Před 3 lety +4136

    So the madman got away with it? Real gamer move.

    • @dabogabo
      @dabogabo Před 3 lety +39

      So do you think this is good ?

    • @dabogabo
      @dabogabo Před 3 lety +24

      @Neutered Cat So do you think this is good ?

    • @dabogabo
      @dabogabo Před 3 lety +22

      @Neutered Cat So do you think this is good ?

    • @matthewherr1588
      @matthewherr1588 Před 3 lety +385

      @@dabogabo he thinks it’s a gamer move

    • @dabogabo
      @dabogabo Před 3 lety +19

      @Neutered Cat So do you think this is good ?

  • @AryanSharma-qj4eu
    @AryanSharma-qj4eu Před 3 lety +800

    I am an Indian and I can confirm that making anything fake in India is a piece of cake.

    • @targaryenXoolf
      @targaryenXoolf Před 3 lety +42

      including fake politicians and fake journalists. 😭

    • @AryanSharma-qj4eu
      @AryanSharma-qj4eu Před 3 lety +67

      @@targaryenXoolf that is a comment trend around the world know lol.
      India is the place where weed can put you in jail but this can not lmao

    • @targaryenXoolf
      @targaryenXoolf Před 3 lety +46

      @@AryanSharma-qj4eu well forget weed, Indians can get arrested for a mere tweet nowadays. rofl.

    • @AryanSharma-qj4eu
      @AryanSharma-qj4eu Před 3 lety +10

      @@targaryenXoolf +1 lmao

    • @Liz-lq8hw
      @Liz-lq8hw Před 3 lety +10

      Wait a minute... Are you fake?!

  • @CheddarDrip
    @CheddarDrip Před 8 měsíci +3

    21:25 your Canadian impression turned Australian there for a second. I grew up in Minnesota, you can’t just throw an “eh” in there, it’s all about the long “Ohs” and “Ahs,” Canadians say “ya know” more than they say “eh”

  • @nathangehman7018
    @nathangehman7018 Před 3 lety +41

    Dude, your voice is so damn smooth and calming.

    • @gawddamllbturdz7318
      @gawddamllbturdz7318 Před 3 lety

      You should hear my voice. I'm actually a radio DJ. 🙃

    • @nathangehman7018
      @nathangehman7018 Před 3 lety +1

      @@gawddamllbturdz7318 I would love to hear your voice! You should post a video or something of some voiceover (I know that's vague but my sleep deprived brain can't think of anything specific right now)

    • @gawddamllbturdz7318
      @gawddamllbturdz7318 Před 3 lety

      @@nathangehman7018 what's your phone number? I'll make you laugh your ass off.

  • @Tazzie1312
    @Tazzie1312 Před 3 lety +741

    "The Canadian Bank" made me pause lol. We just call it CIBC. It's not like. The bank. It's just a banking company, like Bank of America isn't "The American Bank".

    • @PipMane
      @PipMane Před 2 lety +5

      I find it weird how people always support thieves and scammers. Ofc when they were not the victims. can't balance morality and their fantasies

    • @Tazzie1312
      @Tazzie1312 Před 2 lety +69

      @@PipMane Why did you comment this to me?

    • @PipMane
      @PipMane Před 2 lety

      @@Tazzie1312 for a discussion. I don't understand that psychological feature. Maybe someone will reply and share something meaningful

    • @Tazzie1312
      @Tazzie1312 Před 2 lety +60

      @@PipMane What gave you the feeling *I* wanted to have that discussion?
      No one's going to see your reply under mine. Make your own if you want a discussion.

    • @PipMane
      @PipMane Před 2 lety +2

      @@Tazzie1312 you lack common sense I see. Its a pinned comment with 400 likes. Chances for exposure are much greater than a new comment

  • @stonecoldslate
    @stonecoldslate Před 3 lety +360

    I remember hearing about this "CEO died locking bitcoin behind forgotten password" a little while back, good to see this brought onto the surface again

    • @danielhicks4826
      @danielhicks4826 Před 3 lety +10

      We Shoulda known the intitial headline was nonsense right.

    • @Treblaine
      @Treblaine Před 3 lety +11

      The vault is locked and must remain locked so to hide the truth: that the vault is empty.

    • @tanishqsagar3440
      @tanishqsagar3440 Před 3 lety +4

      @@danielhicks4826 Well, that's journalism for ya.
      Most of the time It's very little information that's manipulated into a clickbait article

    • @voxbury
      @voxbury Před 2 lety +2

      @@Treblaine That would be verifiable, though, would it not? All transactions to and from that wallet address are public, so it's just a matter of calculating the ledger to find its balance I would think.

    • @nickjunes
      @nickjunes Před 2 lety

      It's funny when I first heard that my first comment was that I bet he faked his death.

  • @alaska7086
    @alaska7086 Před 3 lety +40

    dig👏🏼up👏🏼the👏🏼casket👏🏼 (i mean... isn’t it that simple?)

    • @newyorksheroes7942
      @newyorksheroes7942 Před 3 lety +25

      He forgot to mention it in the video but in 2020 they put a request in to do that. It’s currently a waiting game but in the end they need the family consent technically

    • @BBeowulf
      @BBeowulf Před 3 měsíci

      Why are you clapping like a seal? Cringe

  • @KnarBurger
    @KnarBurger Před 3 lety +10

    I worked for an insurance company that had a death scam in India. Husband claimed wife drowned and they had a certificate. Turned out they had payed for a random corpse, dumped it in the river then got a fake death certificate. They were eventually caught and put in jail but it was pretty crazy.

  • @skyty0
    @skyty0 Před 3 lety +562

    "He had a Lexus."
    Me, in my $500 2000 Lexus: Damn bruh he's rolling in it

    • @frankmerker630
      @frankmerker630 Před 3 lety +19

      Yeah pretty sure Canadians don’t put too much stock into what cars they drive, definitely more of an American and European thing

    • @trickshotzz5401
      @trickshotzz5401 Před 3 lety +16

      @@frankmerker630 Not at all lol, if anything Canadians think cars in Europe are ugly (though there are many European car companies). The car market is huge here to the point where the majority of cars are leased just to stay up to date.

    • @cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197
      @cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197 Před 3 lety +23

      Don’t be sad, a 500 buck Lexus is worth every penny, no matter the year. Those cars last forever.

    • @redmudpei
      @redmudpei Před 3 lety +5

      @@frankmerker630 it's nice to have a good car or truck but the winter puts a big beating on them and they just don't last like in the southern usa

    • @superscatboy
      @superscatboy Před 3 lety +11

      @@frankmerker630 I think wherever in the world you go there's a minority that care about the cars people have and a majority that just want to get from A to B.

  • @Drejjmit
    @Drejjmit Před 3 lety +492

    "Totally Legit Holdings LLC"
    sounds legit to me.

  • @ArranMcKeown
    @ArranMcKeown Před 3 lety +16

    as a nova Scotian this the most I've ever heard somebody say the name of my province in a youtube video more then once

  • @SWIFTO_SCYTHE
    @SWIFTO_SCYTHE Před 3 lety +19

    That castlevania remix in the credits is straight fire 🔥

  • @AidenRKrone
    @AidenRKrone Před 3 lety +991

    The fact that Cotten was able to operate multiple different scams simultaneously at such a young age is impressive. I'm in my mid-20s but I have no idea how to even _buy_ a Bitcoin, much less orchestrate such a complex scam.

    • @lurksnitchtongue8986
      @lurksnitchtongue8986 Před 3 lety +197

      Its really not hard to take advantage of people, especially when you're running out of a so called legitimate business. The hardest part is actually discarding any form of morality and fucking over normal people for money.

    • @andygarcia9477
      @andygarcia9477 Před 3 lety +90

      @@lurksnitchtongue8986 i would say the latter is easier, creating a scam that people can believe is hard; especially in a age where information is at the tip of your fingers

    • @lurksnitchtongue8986
      @lurksnitchtongue8986 Před 3 lety +109

      @@andygarcia9477 You would legitimately be surprised how many people fall for EXTREMELY old scams. The thing is, if people didn't fall for them they wouldn't still be done.

    • @Xpwnxage
      @Xpwnxage Před 3 lety +39

      @@lurksnitchtongue8986 Hi, I'm calling about your auto vehicles extended warranty, press 1 to speak to a representative!

    • @imjko432
      @imjko432 Před 3 lety +17

      @@andygarcia9477 later is not easy, regular people would not initiate this nor follow through with it because the guilt would eat you up on the inside forever

  • @YellowSub0
    @YellowSub0 Před 3 lety +326

    Barely sociable you are getting far into the crypto community my guy

  • @creativebeetle
    @creativebeetle Před 2 lety +8

    Hearing the ending fade into a piano cover of the Castlevania track Bloody Tears was one of the most wonderful surprises ever.
    Nicely done, and excellent video.

  • @radish6740
    @radish6740 Před 3 lety +8

    That a guy transferred 23 million dollars into his personal checking account, like no one was going to say something, is kind of hilarious.

  • @michaelyergeau4448
    @michaelyergeau4448 Před 3 lety +533

    The most common question isn't why is your voice so damn soothing?

    • @just_a_turtle_chad
      @just_a_turtle_chad Před 3 lety +24

      His voice is approved by a turtle

    • @bobbuilder5902
      @bobbuilder5902 Před 3 lety +16

      His voice is soothing but not quite to the extent that you think. If you listen to his livestreams you can hear how different he sounds without cleaning up his own voice with software.

    • @frankdux4515
      @frankdux4515 Před 3 lety +3

      @@bobbuilder5902 🤨

    • @fematrailer
      @fematrailer Před 3 lety +27

      @@bobbuilder5902 Maybe you should make a 30 minute long video investigating Barely Sociable's voice changing software. You could expose him as a fraud and finally prove that Barely Sociable, Ross Ulbrich, Satoshi Nakamoto, and the Zodiac Killer are all the same guy!

    • @jack.20f74
      @jack.20f74 Před 3 lety

      @@just_a_turtle_chad Justin Y. of turtles.

  • @DIRTYLILT0ASTER
    @DIRTYLILT0ASTER Před 3 lety +149

    10:20
    We got Internet Historian AND LEMMiNO. A man of culture I see.

  • @adamgiovanelli
    @adamgiovanelli Před 2 lety +5

    “Further down the rabbit hole” wow was that some great foreshadowing for Michael Patryn’s next venture

  • @EthicalAI
    @EthicalAI Před 2 lety +7

    For anyone here from Time Wonderland, that “further down the rabbit hole” really hurt 25:29

  • @adameins5622
    @adameins5622 Před 3 lety +564

    This dudes not dead. For sure. And he 100% knows if he's ever caught he'll go to prison for the rest of his life lol. He's hiding somewhere with his wife.

    • @hx5525
      @hx5525 Před 3 lety +119

      Nah fam,they probably split for the money.Being together is too risky.

    • @ZachdUpp
      @ZachdUpp Před 3 lety +48

      Honestly I'd bet big money that he saw this video considering the views it has. He'd be stupid not to keep up with the news and media about him.

    • @GeekRaj
      @GeekRaj Před 3 lety +39

      nah he is not with his wife... too risky.... they probably split up the wealth and went their own ways.. his wife should be investigated more. She must know more.

    • @noon4576
      @noon4576 Před 3 lety +6

      @@GeekRaj wife hella suspicious

    • @kishananuraag
      @kishananuraag Před 3 lety +15

      geez! didn't you guys watch the video? he died of some disease. don't disrespect the dead.

  • @Fjado
    @Fjado Před 3 lety +277

    What happens when you find someone alive who was previously registered to be dead? Sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare

    • @ujjwaljain3055
      @ujjwaljain3055 Před 3 lety +55

      Bruh many people in almost all countries are officially dead. The problem they encounter is that everything they have is freezed, like their cards, social security number and stuff

    • @GamingNinja132
      @GamingNinja132 Před 3 lety +14

      @@ujjwaljain3055 frozen*

    • @PIMKAMINA2
      @PIMKAMINA2 Před 3 lety +130

      Heard of a case of a dude who was declared dead but found alive later and the court refused to change it so they told a man standing there in the room that he is dead and cant access his shit anymore. Imagine the audacity of being told youre dead to your face by a legal professional.

    • @MalleusSemperVictor
      @MalleusSemperVictor Před 3 lety +20

      @@PIMKAMINA2 Was that the guy that fled from one of the Balkan states that left his wife when he claimed she was cheating and went to Turkey and was declared to be legally dead?

    • @PIMKAMINA2
      @PIMKAMINA2 Před 3 lety +5

      @@MalleusSemperVictor i think so? My memory isnt very sharp, i remember only the vague details

  • @ScottyPeabody
    @ScottyPeabody Před 2 lety +11

    Fascinating. It’s unbelievable the level of trust afforded to so many when there’s only a very few who indeed keep their word.

  • @Hxydn
    @Hxydn Před 2 lety +8

    hey barely sociable, there is something about this guy possibly being 0xSifu who was head a a crypto project treasury called wonderland

  • @keskeyy
    @keskeyy Před 3 lety +88

    There is a bigger mystery in Canada, my father was part of a search and rescue team looking for a doctor or ceo that supposedly died in a hang gliding accident. When his team got to the search area, an all black military-style helicopter landed near them and told them to cease their search. Pretty goddamn suspicious. This all happened in BC sometime between 2003-2009 I think, I can get a better time estimate if you want

    • @Flying_Fantasy-Vqlcan
      @Flying_Fantasy-Vqlcan Před rokem +3

      Do you know the name of the person they were looking for?

    • @niconel7923
      @niconel7923 Před 9 měsíci

      Wow I read just the other day about a similar story happening, also a relative was told part of the search team to cease the search, after many attempts of getting it through/approved. If I recall this plane had contraband on it. May have been dirty money or substance. Interesting.

    • @amatthew1231
      @amatthew1231 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Have you seen Barley Socialable's most recent video? It's about how two random disappearance in BC were both connected to drug trafficking. The police covered up two murders and in the video there's a very strong case that the RCMP were directly involved. Idk why but British Columbia seems to be a hot spot when it comes to disappearances, un-investigated deaths, and drug trafficking.

    • @oceanbearmountain
      @oceanbearmountain Před 6 měsíci

      @@amatthew1231 well, it is twin peaks (grew up in the suburbs of vancouver, can confirm). it really is not a very large city, and when you combine that with it being right on the US border, and being a major gateway to the asia-pacific for the continent on the whole (and really canada's only one), then couple that with how ridiculously geographically isolated it is from the rest of canada (you have to go through the Rockies to get to the nearest major canadian cities to the east, edmonton and calgary)... add to that being home to canada's own homegrown skid row and an untold amount of the highly overvalued inflated housing market being investment properties used to launder Triads money and hey barely half an hour from downtown you have endless mountain wilderness if you ever need to hide out or hide a body... 3/4s of the year the sun abandons the city, save the occasional cameo, which too takes its toll on the soul. as for the rest of BC (majority of the province living in greater vancouver, though BC is 320x its area), it's all just small towns, ime...

  • @annie_xo
    @annie_xo Před 3 lety +893

    It’s honestly impressive to me that a TEENAGER could run these investment scams lol, I’m 27 and could barely understand this video 😂

    • @pleurat0027
      @pleurat0027 Před 3 lety +21

      Same same

    • @SkoomaCat
      @SkoomaCat Před 3 lety +17

      I don't understand too much either

    • @dragoonTT
      @dragoonTT Před 3 lety +113

      If you became interested in finance and digital currency that would be different. Don’t doubt yourself

    • @ohsweatbret
      @ohsweatbret Před 3 lety +87

      It’s basically a ponzi scheme. An insolvent company basically takes money from new investors to pay out older investors. This keeps going on until they can’t pay out anymore and it collapses.

    • @varanchio
      @varanchio Před 3 lety +6

      @@dragoonTT aw

  • @synergygaming65
    @synergygaming65 Před 2 lety +7

    you could either solve this case by exhuming the grave which is a valid response at this time and putting all the doubt to rest, or confirm he's not dead and actually launch a criminal investigation and manhunt.

  • @TheGamingCanadian
    @TheGamingCanadian Před 8 měsíci +5

    So basically QuadrigaCX was just Canada’s version of FTX

  • @bloojkl4520
    @bloojkl4520 Před 3 lety +493

    You can't deny that he was ahead of his time though. He was messing with crypto currency in his teens in the early 2000s, while most of us were playing Mario Kart

    • @swagathan5
      @swagathan5 Před 2 lety +65

      To be fair, Mario Kart is pretty fun.

    • @redriddler1231
      @redriddler1231 Před 2 lety +8

      @@swagathan5 thats hilarious and true 👍

    • @user-xl5kd6il6c
      @user-xl5kd6il6c Před 2 lety +11

      "crypto" was created in 2009

    • @ConorMcgregor322
      @ConorMcgregor322 Před 2 lety +28

      @@user-xl5kd6il6c Crypto has been around for longer, Bitcoin was created in 2009.

    • @user-xl5kd6il6c
      @user-xl5kd6il6c Před 2 lety +9

      @@ConorMcgregor322 I disagree. The first cryptocurrency is Bitcoin, anything that comes before doesn't qualify
      What we call today "Blockchain tech" and all its concepts also only got created after Bitcoin (though ofc, some have sources on very old studies, like every other scientific advancement)

  • @troodon1096
    @troodon1096 Před 3 lety +61

    "Gerry cared deeply about honestly and transparency..." took me a while to stop laughing at that.

  • @binyam11
    @binyam11 Před 2 lety +9

    Michael Patryn is oxsifu In TIME Wonderland

  • @toddhoward6131
    @toddhoward6131 Před 3 lety +82

    Nobody:
    Gerald cotton: sits on his computer one night
    “You know what lemme just fire everyone “

  • @severignbuchanan2040
    @severignbuchanan2040 Před 3 lety +94

    He's probably just in that tunnel under the Sphinx.

    • @ChauncyFatsack
      @ChauncyFatsack Před 3 lety +3

      Get out of my house! Lol!

    • @henrg
      @henrg Před 3 lety

      Did he enter through the shaft?

  • @Zigby_
    @Zigby_ Před 3 lety +85

    When you've been awake for 28 hours but Barley Sociable just posted a video 23 seconds ago

  • @Lambda.Function
    @Lambda.Function Před rokem +5

    So this is what FTX was based on. Man that kid wasn't even smart enough to come up with a fraud scheme on his own.

  • @casadepistola
    @casadepistola Před 3 lety +60

    "There's a sucker born every minute." - P.T. Barnum when asked about his take on bitcoins.

    • @potto1488
      @potto1488 Před 2 lety +3

      nah bro that man dead no way he still livin

    • @somerandomgoblin2583
      @somerandomgoblin2583 Před 2 lety +5

      @@potto1488 no he's still alive i saw him eating out of the dumpster behind my local buffalo wild wings

    • @wham7125
      @wham7125 Před 2 lety +1

      "BitcoinS"... Says everything one needs to know.

    • @BBeowulf
      @BBeowulf Před 3 měsíci

      @@wham7125that you don’t have a point?

    • @wham7125
      @wham7125 Před 3 měsíci

      @@BBeowulf Lol, Captain Comeback with the masterful take 😂

  • @staggerbag
    @staggerbag Před 3 lety +220

    Wow, I had no idea the depth of shadiness Quadriga was involved in. After all this it's incredible to know that the $3000 I had on that platform was actually returned to me in mid-2018. It took almost 2 months of tickets and emails where they kept blaming the bank but eventually I got it back. I'm pretty sure I was one of the last people that got their money because after that they ran out of funds.
    Another great video as always, cheers!

  • @dhara1002
    @dhara1002 Před 3 lety +226

    28:01 - His alias accounts included Aretwo Deetwo, Seethree Peaohh. Dude scammed many but atleast had a sense of humor xD

  • @stefanosl8637
    @stefanosl8637 Před 2 lety +5

    TIME wonderland brought me here .

  • @ExposedChannel247
    @ExposedChannel247 Před 2 lety +13

    Holy sh*t this guy was/is the treasury manager for Daniele Sestagali's Frog Nation. If Dani was so well intentioned to his community why would he hire someone with
    such a terrible past in the crypto space to head the treasury!!??

  • @TheMrXcalizorz
    @TheMrXcalizorz Před 3 lety +20

    This is insane to me. As soon as I heard him talk about Quadriga Bucks I thought to myself "It seems pretty easy to pull off an exit scam with this setup" and sure enough. People are so trusting with these exchanges, despite how many times they've been burned.

  • @Will-oj3un
    @Will-oj3un Před 3 lety +227

    Moral of the story: get a hard wallet and keep your coins off these websites

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 Před 3 lety +11

      Well, one of the many morals here.

    • @fematrailer
      @fematrailer Před 3 lety +8

      @@scaper8 lol I don't think morals are all that prevalent in this story.

    • @screwbles5697
      @screwbles5697 Před 3 lety +5

      @@fematrailer That's not what he meant. Basically what he just said was "that's one of the many things we can learn from this."

    • @fematrailer
      @fematrailer Před 3 lety +4

      @@screwbles5697 Well, thanks for making my mediocre joke even less funny. That's just great.

    • @illford6921
      @illford6921 Před 3 lety

      @@fematrailer what even was the joke. I genuinely didn't get it

  • @marlow3621
    @marlow3621 Před 2 lety +4

    6:30 idk why it's so funny to me that this man is wearing short sleeves and drinking an iced coffee in the snow while holding an umbrella. that's like something an alien that has been on earth for 20 minutes would do

  • @GammaRay3000
    @GammaRay3000 Před 2 lety +5

    The funds on this exchange were not sifu

  • @PhilOrth
    @PhilOrth Před 3 lety +92

    Barely Sociable is an instant watch when a new drop. Him and Lemmino are in their own class!

    • @flames2089
      @flames2089 Před 3 lety +4

      Its Sociable, Possum Reviews, and A Friend for me
      I see notification from them, I drop everything and immediately click

    • @flames2089
      @flames2089 Před 3 lety +2

      @Nehemek I used to. But not anymore =/

    • @__-yz1ob
      @__-yz1ob Před 3 lety +1

      @@flames2089
      :(

    • @flames2089
      @flames2089 Před 3 lety +2

      @@__-yz1ob Well, Sociable already has that Niche occupied for me now =)

    • @BuiltInBrooklyn
      @BuiltInBrooklyn Před 3 lety +9

      Nexpo anybody?

  • @parknplay8328
    @parknplay8328 Před 3 lety +40

    The real mystery is how you acquired an audible sponsorship in 2021. I haven't seen one of those for years

    • @inversionist5928
      @inversionist5928 Před 3 lety

      soothing voice

    • @so1idify
      @so1idify Před 3 lety

      it’s pretty obvious after watching more than one video, this guy could narrate books himself

  • @jonathankrug1768
    @jonathankrug1768 Před 2 lety +7

    All people watching this after the Wonderland Money Drama check in!

  • @Clearthewalkingdead
    @Clearthewalkingdead Před 3 lety +37

    Bro you make the most well put together, enjoyable, professional, non biased documentaries I’ve ever seen. You are a genius at this. Thank you for your hard work and research, must respect.

    • @christinecrawford
      @christinecrawford Před rokem

      Agreed! But don't forget that voice. It's like the icing on a cake!

  • @PostPhalone
    @PostPhalone Před 3 lety +52

    Are we gonna ignore the part at 28:04 where one of his fake accounts is "Aretwo Deetwo" which is a reference to R2-D2 AND "Seethree Peaohhh" which is C3-P0 from star wars? This guy was such a nerd

    • @BahpuAgain
      @BahpuAgain Před 3 lety +1

      LMAO

    • @NoOne-qn2hv
      @NoOne-qn2hv Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah Star Wars is such an obscure movie series that only the nerdiest of nerds ever know about

    • @PostPhalone
      @PostPhalone Před 3 lety +2

      @@NoOne-qn2hv i didnt mean it like that lmao. I meant it more as only nerds would name their bots after star wars characters. And also misspell the names so only "cultured" people would realize it

  • @matthewtainsh4067
    @matthewtainsh4067 Před 3 lety +179

    I love how his CZcams recommended is identical to mine.

  • @DRIVENx
    @DRIVENx Před 2 lety +1

    This is SO well produced! Great content. Subbed

  • @lemmytv3538
    @lemmytv3538 Před 2 lety

    great video man, you clearly put a lot of research and work into this and it was really interesting to watch :)

  • @critfiend4736
    @critfiend4736 Před 3 lety +103

    Ur ability to not only obtain but comprehend all these leaks and info. You've got some serious talent my guy. Cant wait to see where u take this channel.

  • @maybelater4600
    @maybelater4600 Před 3 lety +117

    this mans life sounds like it could be a tv show
    id watch it

  • @muvzhx46
    @muvzhx46 Před 2 lety +6

    Anyone here from TIME WONDERLAND ? And the SIFU drama?

  • @dandrummond9154
    @dandrummond9154 Před 7 měsíci +2

    This has to be the only time that somebody got married, changed their will a week before dying, flew to a foreign country with his bride, died, leaving an enormous fortune to his bride, the wife then actively continues defrauding people country with his bride, died, leaving an enormous fortune to his bride, and the wife is actively defrauding people where the dead guy is the suspect over the person who everything.

  • @prcvl
    @prcvl Před 3 lety +24

    I love how young this channel still is

    • @tolep
      @tolep Před 3 lety +1

      Or the author is somehow experienced under another name. (❁´◡`❁)

  • @paulamontoya4942
    @paulamontoya4942 Před 3 lety +29

    "Just my dead husband, eh"😂💀

    • @AshHeaven
      @AshHeaven Před 3 lety +4

      It always surprises me when Barely does accents.

  • @siegelife54
    @siegelife54 Před 3 lety +9

    Sir, this was another great "episode" containing your finest work. I just want to thank you for continuing this channel. You have a gift.

  • @cibula2004
    @cibula2004 Před 3 lety +1

    Great to see you get good sponsors! You make great content

  • @SomeGuy1117
    @SomeGuy1117 Před 3 lety +241

    Imagine laundering money through crypto currency. We all know the best way to launder money is through Arby's, how else would they stay open with no customers lol.

    • @iiSociallyAwkward
      @iiSociallyAwkward Před 3 lety +33

      Or Mattress Firm lmao

    • @laska907
      @laska907 Před 3 lety +38

      There is an Arby’s right next to a mattress store in my town and neither ever have business!

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix Před 3 lety +12

      Might I interest you in a chocolate store that saw one customer per day, yet made around 200k dollars daily?

    • @tolep
      @tolep Před 3 lety +5

      @@LuizAlexPhoenix Probably very tasty chocolate

    • @bureaucratbayonet
      @bureaucratbayonet Před 3 lety

      @@iiSociallyAwkward the money's in the mattress wow

  • @jermainerace4156
    @jermainerace4156 Před 3 lety +32

    "Time will tell..." ..what's the statute of limitation on the crimes in question? When I was in high school our superintendent mysteriously disappeared after some several $M went missing from the school districts coffers. Seven years later to the day, he showed back up in town again.

    • @jermainerace4156
      @jermainerace4156 Před 3 lety +7

      @@RR-kp5ps I cna't find any, this was 20 years ago and since then my school district has had like two more superintendent scandals, which are fillign up the search hits. >.< But look up coatesville area school district, in PA.

    • @taylorj6177
      @taylorj6177 Před 3 lety

      Pretty sure it's *statue* of limitations...

    • @jermainerace4156
      @jermainerace4156 Před 3 lety +4

      @@taylorj6177 Look it up.

    • @wafi9462
      @wafi9462 Před rokem

      @@taylorj6177 it’s statute. Not statue, which is a sculpture

  • @Paradox_Incognito
    @Paradox_Incognito Před 5 měsíci +3

    I have Crohn's. Playing devils advocate and assuming it was the cause of death, with the money this man had he would have had essebtially unlimited chances for treatment. Stepping back from devil's advocate, the chances of him ignoring an incredibly symptomatic and painful disease (from my experience) are miniscule and if I could get treatment growing up in a lower-middle class family then he'd be set for life.

  • @brittanybellinger
    @brittanybellinger Před 6 měsíci +2

    I worked for his partner Micheal Patryn as an EA for 3 days and he never paid me. Never asked for my sin number for tax papers so after three days I realized I probably wasn't going to get paid. He also asked me to use my own money for some office supplies instead of providing me with petty cash. I obvs declined using my own money. But wasted 3 days and money to travel to work for Michael and never got paid. They are such scammers!

  • @gboii
    @gboii Před 3 lety +57

    starting off the day right with a barely sociable upload

  • @mahamadoutouray9910
    @mahamadoutouray9910 Před 3 lety +182

    Let’s go blameitonjorge and barely sociable drop 👾👾

  • @bretth9576
    @bretth9576 Před 2 lety +2

    One point to add regarding the user activity on BHW in 2019, his email address/password was part of a leak in 2014 and came up on the massive Collection #1 credential stuffing leak in..... 2019. Now I didn't look into Collection #1 to verify which websites his address was linked to, but the fact that the leak was in 2019 coincides with the user activity.

  • @Eric.Poirier.
    @Eric.Poirier. Před 3 lety

    I love your investigation well done again Mr. B.Sociable !

  • @michaelstevens5467
    @michaelstevens5467 Před 3 lety +32

    Babe wake up, new barely sociable video!

  • @joplin8433
    @joplin8433 Před 3 lety +74

    23:52
    "It sucks that I thought that I could trust it because it was a Canadian service based in Vancouver."
    Wow, some grade A reasoning right there, I don't possibly see how that could've gone wrong.

    • @mayursanghvi5480
      @mayursanghvi5480 Před 3 lety +37

      I mean, some countries just have more credibility than others. You have the confidence that if something goes wrong the bureaucracy would help you out.
      Example - Would you rather invest in a Swiss company or a Chinese company?

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair Před 3 lety +12

      @@mayursanghvi5480 That's why there's a saying "Reality is often disappointing"

    • @danielhicks4826
      @danielhicks4826 Před 3 lety +7

      I mean this is the same Vancouver whose government is run by femibolshevicks and men children named Trudeauuuuu with his LGBT socks lol and whose more concerned with racial/gender hiring quotas and virtue signaling so I mean what could go wrong when dealing with corruption and stuff pchh!....

  • @sorenkair
    @sorenkair Před 3 lety +2

    im surprised his grave hasnt been vandalized yet. how hard is it to dig up a coffin in the middle of the night?

  • @MoonlitWhispersProd
    @MoonlitWhispersProd Před 3 lety

    Good job on your videos man

  • @MrLaxified123
    @MrLaxified123 Před 3 lety +19

    Barely sociable’s voice really reminds me of Binging with Babish’s voice

  • @masonhartnett9234
    @masonhartnett9234 Před 3 lety +14

    Watching a barely sociable video after like a month or two of nothing is like your favorite show coming back for another season

  • @norddalle6408
    @norddalle6408 Před 3 lety +10

    I remember using Liberty Reserve back when I was 10-12 years old lmao. Good times.