According to reports, Mr Park Mo, the vice president of Vidente, the biggest shareholder of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, was discovered dead in front of his house around 4 am on December 30.
Shortly before his death, Mr Mo had been identified as the primary suspect in a case involving stock price manipulation and money embezzlement at businesses connected to Bithumb. Authorities suspect that Mr Mo may have taken his own life due to the nature of the criminal allegations that had been brought against him.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bithumb-s-largest-shareholder-executive-found-dead-following-allegations-of-embezzlement