Michael Berg appointed to Board and as Audit Committee Chairman
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
Michael Berg was appointed as a member of the Board and appointed to serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee, replacing Fred Thiel, and as a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Source (primary)
Marathon Digital 8-K filed 2018-08-22 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “On August 17, 2018, the Board of Directors (the " Board ") of Marathon Patent Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the " Company "), appointed Michael Berg as a member of the Board and appointed him to serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, to replace the current Chairman, Fred Thiel, and as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 23, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing states that on August 17, 2018 the Board appointed Berg as a director, Audit Committee Chairman replacing Fred Thiel, and a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
Confirmed in the source:
- Michael Berg was appointed as a member of Marathon Patent Group's Board on August 17, 2018
- Berg was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee, replacing Fred Thiel
- Berg was appointed a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000149315218012465/form8-k.htm) in full (10,010 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Marathon Digital 8-K filed 2018-08-22
Quote: “On August 17, 2018, the Board of Directors (the " Board ") of Marathon Patent Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the " Company "), appointed Michael Berg as a member of the Board and appointed him to serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, to replace the current Chairman, Fred Thiel, and as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.”