New CFO appointment
Company: Riot
What the later record shows
Delivered late · happened September 26, 2022
Yee was to succeed McGonegal at the planned August 15, 2022 handover. He was appointed CFO effective September 26, 2022.
“Mr. Colin M. Yee, age 46, was appointed as the Company’s CFO (principal financial officer), effective as of September 26, 2022, immediately following Mr. McGonegal stepping down as the Company’s CFO.”
2022-10-02 · Riot 8-K filed 2022-10-03 View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Colin Yee will succeed McGonegal as CFO, having served as Head of Corporate & Financial Operations since April 2022
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2022-06-06 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Quote: “Upon Mr. McGonegal's retirement, Colin Yee, will succeed Mr. McGonegal as CFO. Mr. Yee has been the Head of Corporate & Financial Operations at the Company since April 2022.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing states Colin Yee will succeed McGonegal as CFO and has served as Riot's Head of Corporate & Financial Operations since April 2022.
Confirmed in the source:
- Colin Yee will succeed McGonegal as CFO upon McGonegal's retirement
- Yee has been Head of Corporate & Financial Operations at Riot since April 2022
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322000747/riot_8k.htm) in full (4,556 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2022-06-06
Quote: “Upon Mr. McGonegal's retirement, Colin Yee, will succeed Mr. McGonegal as CFO. Mr. Yee has been the Head of Corporate & Financial Operations at the Company since April 2022.”
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2022-10-03
Quote: “Mr. Colin M. Yee, age 46, was appointed as the Company’s CFO (principal financial officer), effective as of September 26, 2022, immediately following Mr. McGonegal stepping down as the Company’s CFO.”