Bitmain thugs nabbed after allegedly stealing gov’t property in Beijing: report

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Luyao Liu, CFO of transaction processing hardware manufacturer Bitmain, has been arrested by Beijing police. On Friday, Liu and others allegedly used physical force to take a government-granted license from Micree Zhan, the Bitmain co-founder that was ousted from the company and removed as its legal representative in January.

The confrontation

On May 8, Micree Zhan reportedly went to a government office building in Beijing to pick up the recently granted license that re-established him as Bitmain’s legal representative. He was granted this license because he recently won a battle in Beijing Haidian District Justice Bureau that overturned a decision that removed him as Bitmain’s legal representative and placed Bitmain CFO Luyao Liu in his place.

According to reports, Zhan found himself surrounded by a group of people after he received his license—among these people was Liu.

😂 this is insane .. the Bitmain shitshow is far beyond my imagination

Today China time ~3:30PM, Jihan’s good buddy, former legal representative of Bitmain Luyao LIU was arrested by Beijing police …

1/ pic.twitter.com/DTolPwbIa9

— Dovey "Rug the fiat" Wan (hiring) (@DoveyWan) May 8, 2020

The group pushed Zhan and allegedly took the license right out of his hands. Shortly afterward, Liu was arrested by Beijing police. Hours later, Bitmain issued a statement saying, “The public registration of the market supervision department shows that Zhan is the legal representative of our country, which is a registration error and seriously violates the provisions of the “Company Law”. Liu Luyao is the current legal representative of “Beijing Bit.”

Despite the court decision, Bitmain is refusing to recognize Zhan as its legal representative and insists that the court’s decision is a serious violation of company law. Bitmain’s statement goes on to insist that Liu is the actual legal representative of the company.

Violence is never the answer

Bitmain’s band of thugs is crazy for thinking they could successfully steal, especially at a government office. At the end of the day, their actions were not worth it, and will probably create more trouble for them; their CFO has been arrested, and the story regarding their misdoings is trending. They already have enough trouble dealing with annoyed customers, it has been confirmed they have hardware issues with their recently shipped mining rigs. There were several ways that Bitmain could have resolved what they believe to be an issue, however, violence should not have been the answer.