Many bitcoin enthusiasts know the protestors/victims from their pictures on many tech magazine covers that reported on the story in 2014
Additionally, Karpeles will have some guests at his trial like the creators of Mtgoxprotest.com,
a website and a group of dedicated protestors that have been following the scandal since the insolvency started. Many bitcoin enthusiasts know the protestors/victims from their pictures on many tech magazine covers that reported on the story in 2014.
On June 25 Kolin Burges reopened the site after it was hacked, and he says he plans on covering the Bankruptcy hearings and Karpeles trial again.

Mtgoxprotest.com is back.
“It doesn’t seem to be very widely known for some reason, but the Karpeles criminal trial has been set for 11th July 2017 at the Tokyo District Court — There has been a lot of confusion over why the charges which have been brought so far only seem to cover a subset of the suspected illegal activities at Mt Gox,” Burges notes. “I’ll be attending the trial at least for the beginning.
It would be good to see other creditors turn up. It will, of course, be in Japanese and I will be taking a lawyer/translator to help.”