Pretty interesting. I don't know much about Butterfly Labs but I remember reading some of the complaints that the local bitcoin guys had and it always seemed fishy.
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Federal authorities believe that the three named members of the company?s board of directors?Jody Drake (aka Darla Drake), Nasser Ghoseiri, and Sonny Vleisides?spent millions of corporate revenue on all kinds of things, including saunas and guns, while ignoring many customer orders that went unfulfilled or were significantly delayed.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...tic-deception/