Florida Virtual Currency “Fibonacci” Lawsuit

Virtual Currency

As reported on Coindesk, we have filed suit on behalf of two defrauded purchasers against the “Fibonacci” manufacturing and mining organization (see Coindesk.com, “Florida Group Faces Fraud Charges for Alleged Altcoin Pump and Dump,” December 17, 2014).  Bitcoin-btcbible

You can read their excellent coverage here.

A copy of the lawsuit is here.

This is the second suit we have brought against defendants involved in alleged virtual currency mining fraud (see Coindesk’s coverage of our Lab Rats suit, here).

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