They didn't just claim innovation, they claimed to have solved the Nothing-at-Stake
issue, which would be like the holy grail of Proof of Stake crypto. 

I notice their website no longer claims this but I screenshotted it earlier in the
thread.  Also their whitepaper talks about it.

But its totally bogus.  They were either knowingly lying, or so inept they
didn't even understand what they were claiming.