New York Attorney General Letitia James just demanded that embattled cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin-issuer Tether keep searching for documents that will help her office prove the sister companies committed fraud.
On September 24, a New York appeals court stayed a lower court’s order that would have forced iFinex and its subsidiaries to turn over documents to help the attorney general’s fraud and securities law suit.
News from New York Attorney General Letita James lawsuit against Bitfinex and Tether might finally be getting juicier. In an August 19 ruling, Judge Joel Cohen of the New York State Supreme Court shot down attempts by cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and its sister company, stablecoin issuer Tether, to shut down the civil action.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James’s office called shenanigans yesterday on Bitfinex and Tether’s argument that it could spend $5 million defending itself from accusations of fraud.
