Early Sunday, the power was turned back on and more than 35,000 servers in seven buildings gradually came to life, performing calculations that are rewarded in Bitcoin payments.
This week, 62-year-old Richard Brant was sentenced after a court in Miles City found him guilty of running a Ponzi scheme that took advantage of 18 Montanans.
On Wednesday, December 11, a Bozeman jury found Richard Reynolds of Belgrade guilty of six felony charges for bilking 141 victims out of $5.4 million through investor theft and running a massive Ponzi scheme.