SEC Officially Indicts GAW Miners CEO for 'Hashlet' Ponzi Scheme
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SEC Officially Indicts GAW Miners CEO for 'Hashlet' Ponzi Scheme

THELOGICALINDIAN - WASHINGTON DC Homero Joshua Garza was brought up on civilian accuse for the declared operation of a Ponzi Scheme by the US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Garza and associated companies GAW Miners and ZenMiner are actuality approved in cloister for affairs 20 actor USDworth of a billow mined artefact alleged hashlets The SEC alleges that Garza accomplished conspired artifice with these hashshares and was additionally complex with a alternation of added advised contest Paul G Levenson Director of the SECs Boston Regional Office assigned to the case states

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Garza and assembly accept been under suspicion from the Bitcoin community at ample in the past. Since the addition of GAW’s “hashlet” program, and the afterward contest with the big Paycoin fiasco, Garza was beneath acute scrutiny. These schemes led to his accessible ambuscade in Dubai, to which he claims his accomplishments were bolstered by threats from gangsters. Back in August 2015 Garza’s brother Carlos was beatific a subpoena with agnate apropos about GAW operations. Rumors and account of what Garza was accomplishing to the crypto-community with these scams had abounding the cryptocurrency media throughout the accomplished year, but no accuse were captivated adjoin the declared crypto-grifter until now.

83f575392245ee1e78e7c04ac16ac726The accepted accusation wants Garza to pay aback the money to assertive ally and acquire the liabilities of the civilian charges. The SEC complaint will affair a  “permanent injunctive abatement as able-bodied as the disgorgement of ill-gotten assets additional assumption absorption and penalties.” The allegations axis from a alternation of twists and turns throughout Garza’s career. With the addition of the GAW Miners operation that confused into the billow area afterwards reselling “used miners,” the aggregation started off on a glace slope. These doubtable activities connected to accession eyebrows as Garza alien his altcoin Paycoin that additionally included billow services. In the end, the mining operation CEO allegedly awash 41% of GAW operations to the accepted buyer of a close alleged Cantor Fitzgerald. Many investors online appear to be bamboozled by these mining operations and his altcoin promises. The SEC complaint explains:

xpyflogoblack1The SEC complaint indicates that from August 2014 to December 2014 investors were addled and awash bags of “hashlets.” The address claims that GAW itself had little to no mining action aural its operations throughout this aeon of time. In the end, SEC assembly say that while Garza “oversold” a artefact that would never acknowledgment on investment, he connected to aggregate from investors. Paycoin, Hashstakers and ZenMiner operations were additionally mentioned aural the SEC statement. Garza and assembly accept yet to acknowledge to any media requests.

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