Gevorkyan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 GOR GEVORKYAN, Case No. 18-cv-07004-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE PERSONAL

v. JURISDICTION

BITMAIN TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Defendant.

This is a consumer action brought by plaintiff Gor Gevorkyan, a California citizen, against defendant Bitmain Technologies, Ltd. (Bitmain), a Chinese company. Bitmain sells cryptocurrency mining devices known as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) devices. Gevorkyan alleges that the ASIC devices he bought from Bitmain were first used by Bitmain to “mine[] cryptocurrency for itself” prior to delivery, and when they were eventually delivered to him, the devices were preconfigured to continue to “deliver Bitcoin to Bitmain rather than the customers who purchase” the ASIC devices. Dkt. No. 32 (Compl.) ¶¶ 1, 62-72. Gevorkyan filed this putative class action for claims under the California Unfair Competition Law, and for unjust enrichment, conversion, and trespass to chattel. Id. ¶¶ 81-116. …