DOJ Cov ntaub ntawv them nqi tawm tsam Mutant Mutant Ape Planet NFT Rug Pull

Tsoomfwv Meskas Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees tau tshaj tawm rau hnub Thursday nws tau raug ntes thiab foob foob rau tus tsim ntawm NFT qhov project nws liam tias "cov ntaub pua plag rub" cov tuav thiab dag lawv ntawm $ 2.9 lab hauv cryptocurrency. 

Aurelien Michel, 24, tus tsim ntawm Ethereum NFT sau Mutant Ape Planet, tau raug ntes nag hmo ntawm tshav dav hlau JFK hauv New York City los ntawm tsoomfwv cov tub ceev xwm ntawm kev foob xov tooj. Michel, ib tug pej xeem Fab Kis, nyob hauv United Arab Emirates (UAE). 

Qhov kev txav mus los yog qhov thib peb ntawm tsoomfwv cov kws lij choj tau ua raws li kev foob tawm tsam cov kws tshaj lij ntawm lub npe hu ua NFT cov ntaub pua plag rub-cov phiaj xwm uas NFT project tus tsim muag NFTs ntawm cov lus cog tseg cuav ntawm cov txiaj ntsig hauv zej zog, kev siv hluav taws xob, thiab nyiaj txiag perks, tsuas yog tso tseg txoj haujlwm thiab tshem tawm. nrog cov tub ua lag luam cov nyiaj. 

Hauv qhov no, DOJ liam tias Michel tau cog lus rau Mutant Ape Planet NFT cov neeg tuav cov khoom plig, cov cim nrog cov khoom sib tw, thiab cov khoom ntim khoom, tab sis ua raws li tsis muaj ib qho ntawm cov lus cog tseg thiab hloov pauv yuav luag $ 3 lab. 

Tsoom fwv cov kws lij choj tau koom tes hauv qhov kev txiav txim no nrog rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tsev (DHS) thiab Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Ua qhov teeb meem nyuaj rau Michel yog qhov tseeb tias cov kws lij choj hais tias lawv muaj pov thawj tias nws tau lees paub hauv kev sib tham hauv kev sib tham nrog tam sim no thiab yav tom ntej Mutant Ape Planet NFT cov neeg yuav khoom uas nws tau ua choreographed ntaub pua plag rub, tab sis tsuas yog - liam - teb rau kev coj ua ntawm Mutant Ape Planet zej zog.

Michel hais tias "Peb yeej tsis xav ua ntaub pua plag, tab sis cov zej zog mus rau hauv kev lom zem heev," Michel liam hais rau cov tuav. 

Thomas Fattorusso, IRS Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tshwj Xeeb-hauv-Chaw Haujlwm, tau hais hauv nqe lus tias "Michel tsis tuaj yeem liam rau NFT cov zej zog rau nws tus cwj pwm txhaum cai," "Nws raug ntes txhais tau tias tam sim no nws yuav ntsib qhov tshwm sim ntawm nws tus kheej ua."

Lub Rau Hli, DOJ foob ​​cov nqi zoo sib xws tawm tsam tus tsim ntawm Baller Ape Club NFT sau rau cov ntaub pua plag-rub cov tuav mus rau lub suab ntawm $ 2.6 lab. Lub tuam tsev thawj zaug-puas rub rooj plaub, tawm tsam cov neeg tsim ntawm Frostie NFT qhov project, liam tias Frostie creators dag ntxias cov tuav ntawm $ 1.1 lab. 

Cov ntaub pua plag rub tawm txhua zaus nyob rau hauv cov ntim siab, feem ntau tsis qhia npe, feem ntau tsis muaj kev tswj hwm lub ntiaj teb ntawm NFT kev lag luam, uas xyoo tas los tsim ib qho staggering $ 25 nphom hauv kev muag khoom. 

Txawm hais tias muaj qhov xwm txheej zoo sib xws, txawm li cas los xij, niaj hnub no qhov kev txiav txim tsuas yog lub sijhawm thib peb uas tsoomfwv tus kws lij choj tau ua raws li kev foob rau lawv.