- Mei Pang, the plaintiff and a shareholder, claims the business intentionally misled investors.
- Previously, the defunct crypto lender Celsius filed a lawsuit on September 28.
A lawsuit was filed against cryptocurrency miner Core Scientific on Monday. Alleging that the company misled investors. By concealing a succession of negative financial situations in its presentations to investors this year. Mei Pang, the plaintiff, and a shareholder claims the business intentionally misled investors. This is between March 3 and October 28 of this year.
Moreover, Culper Research, a group that investigates investment firms, produced a report alleging Core “overstated its profitability.” Furthermore, and a disagreement with Bitcoin miner Gryphon, Core’s largest client, on March 3. Core Scientific needed mining equipment, but Gryphon lacked the funds to purchase them.
Tough Times For Miners
Furthermore, Core Scientific shares quickly dropped by 9.4 percent, or $0.72, to $6.98 a share on the day the news was released. More details surfaced throughout the year. Including a disagreement with the defunct crypto lender Celsius that led to a lawsuit on September 28.
Core Scientific, which utilizes its data center to host customers setting up their own mining operations, was accused by Celsius of not supplying enough power to the mining rigs it had installed on time and of delaying the deployment of machines given by Celsius.
Moreover, Celsius also alleged that Core had unfairly assessed a surcharge on it in an effort to shift responsibility away from itself in the face of rising energy prices. Mining firms have been facing tough times amid rising energy prices and falling crypto prices.
On October 27th, Core Scientific announced that they had found something amiss, saying that “given the uncertainty regarding the Company’s financial condition, substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
