I'm surprised..
...no one at the company ever thought to "whistleblow" in respect to "Excuse me. I'm your new finance director. Can I ask why only the CEO is allowed access to finances?. I also hear he is off to Indian. Surely he's a single point of failure and someone else needs access. Or at least keep them in a safe that only keep people have access to?" and potentially being told "That's the way he wants to run his company, just stop asking questions" should of raised massive flags to internal people.
Very odd and very much looks like a scam. And also will give more excuse for governments to not support crypto-currency without legislation.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
