Eric Council Jr., I-25, evela e-Athens, e-Alabama, yaboshwa ngokubandakanyeka kwakhe ekuthatheni i-akhawunti ye-SEC kunethiwekhi yomphakathi i-X (eyayikade i-Twitter) ngoJanuwari 2024. Abaduni bathumele umyalezo wenkohliso egameni lesihlalo se-SEC, okwenza intengo ye-Bitcoin igxume ngo-$ 1000.
Ngokwamacala, uMkhandlu kanye nabalingani bakhe baqhekeza i-akhawunti ngokusebenzisa "i-SIM swap," bekhohlisa indlela yabo yokuthola ukufinyelela efonini yesisulu. Abaduni bathumele umyalezo wamanga mayelana nohlu lwe-Bitcoin ETF okuthiwa luvunywe yi-SEC, okwaholela ekukhuphukeni kwentengo ye-Bitcoin, kulandele ukwehla okubukhali ngemuva kokuthi i-SEC iphikise isimangalo.
Umkhandlu usolwa ngobuqili kanye nobugebengu be-cyber obuhlobene nokuphathwa kwemakethe yezezimali.