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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Josh Marcus

'Bitcoin widow' reveals how she fell victim to her own husband's $215m scam after his mysterious death

Courtesy of Jennifer Robertson

The first thing Jennifer Robertson says when she answers the phone is, with a laugh, “I’m not on an island with Gerry.”

That would be with Gerald Cotten, her former husband, a controversial Canadian cryptocurrency businessman who suddenly died in 2018, leaving behind a trail of missing millions, lawsuits, investigations, and wild conspiracy theories related to his company QuadrigaCX.

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