Users of the r/mtgoxinsolvency Reddit board complained that they received double payments from Mt. Gox Trust and were now being asked to send the extra payment back.
Some creditors of failed crypto exchange Mt. Gox have been paid settlement funds twice, according to multiple reports on Reddit. According to at least one Reddit user, Mt. Gox has admitted the error through email and is demanding the second payment be given back.
Reddit user u/rlycreativename posted the text of an email they claimed to have received from the Mt. Gox Rehabilitation Trustee. The email stated that “due to a system issue, the transfer of money to you was inadvertently made twice.” In addition, it warned that “you are not authorized to receive the second transfer and are legally obligated to return the above amount to the Rehabilitation Trustee.” In the purported email, the Trustee requested that the user “immediately refund” this second payment.
Other Reddit users also reported receiving the double payments or email. U/lukhaz stated “I've just got an email from Mt.Gox requesting refund of duplicate transfer…” and posted an image purported to be from the email. In an edit to a reply to another post, u/CaptainValor joked that the double payment could be a late Christmas present, stating:
