MaloneBailey, LLP appointed as independent auditor
Company: CleanSpark
What the later record shows
Delivered on time
MaloneBailey audited the company from 2018 until its July 2024 dismissal, which covers fiscal 2021. No passage specifically names the FY2021 audit.
“MaloneBailey has audited the Company’s financial statements since 2018.”
2023-01-22 · CleanSpark DEF 14A filed 2023-01-23 View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
“MaloneBailey, LLP (“MaloneBailey”), the Company’s prior independent registered public accounting firm, was informed on July 3, 2024 that it was dismissed”
2024-07-02 · CleanSpark 8-K filed 2024-07-03 View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
Checked October 9, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
MaloneBailey, LLP will serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021
Source (primary)
CleanSpark PRE 14A filed 2021-07-22 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Quote: “To ratify the appointment of MaloneBailey, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
This preliminary proxy statement says the Audit Committee selected MaloneBailey, LLP as auditor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and asked stockholders to ratify that choice. It also notes the Board could reconsider if stockholders did not ratify, or appoint a different firm at any time.
Confirmed in the source:
- CleanSpark's Audit Committee selected MaloneBailey, LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021
- Stockholders were asked to ratify the appointment of MaloneBailey, LLP for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000166357721000349/clsk_pre14a.htm) in full (323,088 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms CleanSpark PRE 14A filed 2021-07-22
Quote: “To ratify the appointment of MaloneBailey, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021”
confirms CleanSpark 8-K filed 2024-07-03
Quote: “MaloneBailey, LLP (“MaloneBailey”), the Company’s prior independent registered public accounting firm, was informed on July 3, 2024 that it was dismissed”
confirms CleanSpark DEF 14A filed 2023-01-23
Quote: “MaloneBailey has audited the Company’s financial statements since 2018.”