The cloud mining firm will be buying the latest Bitmain S-series miners, including the higher hashrate S21 XP and S21 Pro models.
Arkbit falsely claimed to operate Arkansas-based data centers for cloud mining various cryptocurrencies.
Prosecutors claim the “cryptojacking” scheme stole cloud computing resources to mine nearly $1 million worth of crypto.
Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko are suspected in a $575 million fraud case, but they can’t be exposed to U.S. detention conditions.