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Former Bitwise Employees Settle for $20 Million: Fresno Attorney

Nearly 18 months after Bitwise Industries went out of business, its former employees settled with the remnants of the company for $20 millio...

Former Bitwise Employees Settle for $20 Million: Fresno Attorney

Nearly 18 months after Bitwise Industries went out of business, its former employees settled with the remnants of the company for $20 millio...

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Did Bitwise’s Soberal Apologize? Attorneys Ask For Sentencing Delay

Jake Soberal, the former Bitwise Industries co-CEO awaiting sentencing for fraud, apparently sent an apology email to at least one victim. M...

/ 2 months ago

Bitwise Settling With Employees for $20 Million. How Much Will Each Get?

It could be a happy holiday for nearly 700 former Bitwise Industries employees. The bankrupt company preliminarily has settled a class actio...

/ 4 months ago

Who Is First in Line to Get $115 Million Restitution From Former Bitwise CEOs?

As part of their guilty plea agreement to wire fraud, the former CEOs of Bitwise Industries agreed to pay up to $115 million restitution to ...

/ 4 months ago

Community Reacts to Social Media Apology From Guilty Bitwise CEOs

The criminally guilty former CEOs of Bitwise Industries have admitted to former employees they may never receive money owed to them. And the...

/ 4 months ago

I Am a Former Bitwiser and This Is My Story

It felt like Disneyland had moved to Fresno, but something was always a little off. At Bitwise Industries, we were pampered. Free drinks at ...

/ 4 months ago

Stacks of Lies and Fake Documents: Prosecutors Detail the Fraud Hatched by Bitwise’s Guilty CEOs

After the former CEOs of Bitwise Industries entered guilty pleas to wire fraud and conspiracy on Wednesday morning at Fresno’s federal...

/ 5 months ago

Former Bitwise CEOs Answer ‘Guilty’ to Fraud Charges in Federal Court

The former CEOs of Bitwise Industries, accused of wire fraud and conspiracy in a $115 million scam that toppled the company, entered guilty ...

/ 5 months ago

Bitwise Plea Deals Are In. Will Soberal, Olguin Serve Jail Time?

Two former CEOs could serve five years in prison for a scheme that sank Bitwise Industries — a once-promising Fresno technology and real est...

/ 5 months ago

Merced’s Former Bitwise Building Gets a New Tenant. Who’s Taking It Over?

MERCED — A little more than a year after Fresno-based Bitwise Industries collapsed, the building it once occupied in the heart of Merced is ...

/ 5 months ago

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