U.S. citizen files class action lawsuit
Gregory Greene, of Illinois, files a class action lawsuit against Mt. Gox for its loss of approximately 750,000 Bitcoins valued at more than $400 million. Filed in the U.S. District Court in Chicago, the 32 page legal complaint accuses Mt. Gox and Mark Karpeles of consumer fraud and negligence for failing to provide the necessary security to prevent theft of the Bitcoin reserves, as well as claims they are guilty of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment. Although Greene is the only named plaintiff in the suit, the complaint lists “all persons in the United States who had Bitcoins or Fiat Currency stored with Mt. Gox on February 7, 2014.”