Joseph Lubin

A group claiming to represent 35 former ConsenSys AG (CAG) employees has requested an audit under the Swiss Code of Obligations to investigate “serious irregularities” they allege occurred at the company during mid-2020. CAG, also known as Mesh, is the company behind top Ethereum-based wallet provider MetaMask and was founded by Joseph Lubin, who is also the co-founder of Ethereum. According to a press release, the group of employees who claim to represent around 50% of all known shareholders submitted the request to a Swiss Court on March 1. The group alleged that “fundamental intellectual property and subsidiaries were illegally transferred” from CosenSys AG (which it refers to as CAG) into a new entity called “ConsenSys Software Incorporated” (CSI) on Aug. 14, 2020. The former employees...