Christopher Harborne, Bitfinex shareholder, sues Wall Street Journal
Christopher Harborne — who goes by the name Chakrit Sakunkrit in Thailand — is a Bitfinex shareholder , the number one supporter of Brexit, and is suing the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for defamation. The multimillionaire, who made his money from an aviation fuel company and a number of almost-too-brilliant crypto investments, is taking on the News Corp-owned WSJ over an article entitled ‘Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts.’ The article, which was only corrected a week ago, is nearly a year old and the lawsuit appears to be coming out of left field. The correction states: “A previous version of this article included a section regarding Christopher Harborne and AML Global, which applied for an account at Signature Bank. The section has been removed to avoid any potential implication that AML’s attempt to open an account there was part of an effort by Tether, Bitfinex, or related companies to mislead...