Canadian Bitcoin Exchange CAVirtex Faces Potential Class Action Lawsuit
CAVirtex, Canada's largest and oldest Bitcoin online exchange, is facing a potential class action lawsuit to the tune of $884,880 CAD. The alleged losses were incurred by the lawsuit-bringers after the company offered 10% of its shares for sale on the cryptocurrency-based asset exchange, Havelock Investments then stopped listing the stock by the end of 2013. Also read: Havelock Investments: Neo and Bee Story. CAVirtex Class Action Lawsuit. A total of 10,000 shares were sold on March 23, 2013 and continued to be traded until the end of 2013. At that time, CAVirtex announced that they would....
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