The SEC’s complaint accuses the companies of running a Ponzi scheme that used “mining” for bitcoin or other virtual currencies as a front to steal investor funds. Mining means applying computer power to try to solve complex equations.
The SEC alleges that the companies sold over USD 20 million worth of shares in a digital mining contract called a Hashlet through digital Bitcoin mining companies GAW Miners and ZenMiner.
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