Former GAW Manager: $8 Million ZenMiner Investment 'A Total Lie'

Former GAW Manager: $8 Million ZenMiner Investment 'A Total Lie'

A former employee of GAW Miners is claiming that the company's previously announced $8m investment in the cloud mining firm ZenMiner never took place. In a new post on the GetHashing forum, former ZenMiner chief Eric Capuano set forth the allegation, the latest in a string of controversies affecting the mining firm. Capuano is among a number of individuals to depart the company earlier this year. While rumors that the ZenMiner purchase never occurred have circulated for months, this is the first time a former GAW staff member has stated the $8m investment was a fabrication. GAW said in....


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