132 Customers File Class Action Lawsuit Against Coincheck
132 investors have filed a lawsuit against Coincheck with the Tokyo District Court on February 27 according to the regional publication Sankei. Coincheck was hacked on January 26 for roughly $530Mn worth of digital assets. The exchange detailed it was making arrangements to pay the 260,000 customers back at 81 U.S. cents per token. Additionally, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the trading platform submitting its refund plan to the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).
On February 15 a group of seven investors filed a class action suit asking “Coincheck pay annualized interest of 5 percent on the value of the digital coins from notification of the claim,” according to Reuters.
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