美國對「進化猿」NFT 地毯拉騙局中的三人提出指控

Evolved Apes 是 10,000 個獨特的 NFT 的集合，它向買家承諾了一款視頻遊戲，但從未實現。

Three individuals have been charged by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in connection with the 2021 “Evolved Apes” NFT rug pull scam. Mohamed-Amin Atcha, Mohamed Rilaz Waleedh, and Daood Hassan face wire fraud and money laundering charges.

三人被紐約南區美國檢察官辦公室指控與 2021 年「進化猿」NFT 地毯拉騙局有關。 Mohamed-Amin Atcha、Mohamed Rilaz Waleedh 和 Daood Hassan 面臨電匯詐欺和洗錢指控。

The Evolved Apes collection consisted of 10,000 unique NFTs. Buyers were promised a video game, but it never materialized. A week after the launch, the anonymous developer known as “Evil Ape” disappeared with 798 Ethereum (ETH), which was valued at $2.7 million at the time.

Evolved Apes 系列由 10,000 個獨特的 NFT 組成。買家曾向買家承諾一款電子遊戲，但從未兌現。上線一週後，這位被稱為「Evil Ape」的匿名開發者帶著 798 個以太坊（ETH）消失了，當時價值 270 萬美元。

According to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, the defendants drove up the price of digital artwork by making false promises about developing a video game and then allegedly taking investor funds, never developing the game, and pocketing the proceeds. Despite the novelty of digital art, the fundamental rule against making false promises for money still applies.

美國檢察官達米安威廉斯(Damian Williams) 表示，被告做出有關開發視頻遊戲的虛假承諾，然後據稱拿走投資者資金，從不開發遊戲，並將收益收入囊中，從而推高了數位藝術品的價格。儘管數位藝術很新穎，但反對做出虛假金錢承諾的基本規則仍然適用。

In the crypto world, this type of scam is known as a “rug pull.” Developers raise funds, typically through token or NFT sales, and then, after accumulating sufficient assets, they abruptly shut down the project and vanish with the money.

在加密世界中，這種類型的騙局被稱為「拉扯」。開發人員通常透過代幣或 NFT 銷售籌集資金，然後，在累積了足夠的資產後，他們突然關閉專案並帶著錢消失。

De.Fi’s Rekt database indicates that crypto bad actors have scammed over $79.7 billion since 2011. The largest rugpull listed is South African digital assets investment fund Africrypt, which disappeared with 69,000 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at nearly $4.8 billion in 2021.

De.Fi 的Rekt 資料庫顯示，自2011 年以來，加密貨幣不良行為者已經詐騙了超過797 億美元。消失，2021 年價值近48 億美元。

This report follows a recent incident where a cryptocurrency trader lost $69 million in an advanced “address poisoning” scam. In this type of scam, bad actors create fake accounts that closely resemble the victim’s online crypto address and send small amounts, hoping the victim will later accidentally send money to the fake address.

在此報告之前，最近發生了加密貨幣交易員在高級「地址中毒」騙局中損失 6900 萬美元的事件。在這種類型的騙局中，不良行為者會創建與受害者的線上加密地址非常相似的虛假帳戶並發送少量資金，希望受害者稍後會意外地將錢發送到該虛假地址。

Cryptocurrency-related scams, such as “pig butchering” scams, are becoming increasingly prevalent and costly for investors. At the end of last year, United States authorities were able to recover about $500,000 worth of assets lost to pig butchering scams.

與加密貨幣相關的騙局，例如「殺豬」騙局，對投資者來說變得越來越普遍且成本高昂。去年底，美國當局追回因生豬屠宰騙局損失的價值約 50 萬美元的資產。

Furthermore, in mid-March, Massachusetts prosecutors took steps to return some $2.3 million in digital assets, seized from fraudsters, to victims of a pig-butchering scam.

此外，3 月中旬，馬薩諸塞州檢察官採取措施，將從詐欺者手中扣押的約 230 萬美元數位資產返還給屠宰豬騙局的受害者。