According to the lawsuit filed by the woman in a California court, she was married to Steven Akridge for nearly a decade. In 2023, the couple filed for divorce, which Rossi claims was “angry and protracted.”
As part of the divorce settlement, Akridge gave her control of three crypto addresses. Two months after the divorce was finalized, the woman discovered that her ex-husband had kept the staking rewards for himself by sending SOL coins to addresses under his control. Rossi claims that Akridge took advantage of his ex-wife’s lack of cryptocurrency knowledge and experience by hiding the SOL staking rewards from her.
The lawsuit states that from May to December, Rossi repeatedly reached out to her ex-husband to divide the cryptocurrency. However, the woman claims that Acridge only laughed at her and 'wished her good luck' in obtaining rewards for staking.
Rossi is seeking a court order for compensation for actual and material damages, the amount of which is to be determined during the court proceedings. The woman also demanded that Acridge pay punitive damages.
awarded as punishment, as well as interest before and after the court decision at the maximum rate permitted by law.
Acridge left Solana Labs in January and in October took the position of CEO of Cyber Grant, a company specializing in cybersecurity.
Recently, the IRS announced that crypto investors will have to pay taxes immediately upon receiving rewards for staking—regardless of whether their crypto assets have been sold or simply held in their balance.$SOL $BNB $BTC
