Famous Crypto Detective Faces Libel Case!

Claiming Machi Big Brother is a scammer, ZachXBT is facing a defamation lawsuit.

ZachXBT, who is well known in the crypto industry, was sued through a court in Texas due to an article he published. Using blockchain data, ZachXBT has unearthed events in many projects. The popular blockchain detective is facing a defamation lawsuit over an article he published in 2022.

Machi Big Brother, whose name is associated with fraud in the article, stated that ZachXBT had libeled and will prove it in court. But the crypto community sided with ZachXBT.

Avalanche of Support for ZachXBT

Crypto detective ZachXBT has revealed that he has been sued by Machi Big Brother for an article he published in June 2022. The popular blockchain researcher stated that the lawsuit is baseless and an attempt to cool freedom of expression. ZachXBT has requested help from the crypto community.

Expressing that Machi Big Brother is very rich and he is not wealthy, ZachXBT shared his Ethereum wallet address to collect donations. ZachXBT’s call grew like an avalanche and donations began to come in from the crypto community.

To ZachXBT, the crypto community sent half a million dollars worth of crypto assets in a short time. The majority of assets consist of $521K ETH and $20,000 ARB.

Machi Big Brother, who is on the other side of the lawsuit, stated that he filed a lawsuit in order to defend his right in his post on Twitter. Machi stated that the article published by ZachXBT damaged its reputation and consisted of slander. However, the crypto community criticized Machi.

In the article published by ZachXBT, it was stated that Jeffrey Huang, using the nickname Machi Big Brother, embezzled 22 thousand ETH from a project.