美国对“进化猿”NFT 地毯拉骗局中的三人提出指控

Evolved Apes 是 10,000 个独特的 NFT 的集合，它向买家承诺了一款视频游戏，但从未实现。

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.

三人被纽约南区美国检察官办公室指控与 2021 年“进化猿”NFT 地毯拉骗局有关。 Mohamed-Amin Atcha、Mohamed Rilaz Waleedh 和 Daood Hassan 面临电汇欺诈和洗钱指控。

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 个独特的 NFT 组成。买家曾向买家承诺一款电子游戏，但从未兑现。上线一周后，这位被称为“Evil Ape”的匿名开发者带着 798 个以太坊（ETH）消失了，当时价值 270 万美元。

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.

美国检察官达米安·威廉姆斯 (Damian Williams) 表示，被告做出有关开发视频游戏的虚假承诺，然后据称拿走投资者资金，从不开发游戏，并将收益收入囊中，从而推高了数字艺术品的价格。尽管数字艺术很新颖，但反对做出虚假金钱承诺的基本规则仍然适用。

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，这种类型的骗局被称为“拉扯”。开发商通常通过代币或 NFT 销售筹集资金，然后，在积累了足够的资产后，他们突然关闭项目并带着钱消失。

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 数据库显示，自 2011 年以来，加密货币不良行为者已经诈骗了超过 797 亿美元。列出的最大拉动者是南非数字资产投资基金 Africrypt，该基金带着 69,000 比特币 (BTC) 消失，2021 年价值近 48 亿美元。

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.

在此报告之前，最近发生了一起加密货币交易员在高级“地址中毒”骗局中损失 6900 万美元的事件。在这种类型的骗局中，不良行为者会创建与受害者的在线加密地址非常相似的虚假账户并发送少量资金，希望受害者稍后会意外地将钱发送到该虚假地址。

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.

与加密货币相关的骗局，例如“杀猪”骗局，对于投资者来说变得越来越普遍且成本高昂。去年年底，美国当局追回因生猪屠宰骗局损失的价值约 50 万美元的资产。

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，马萨诸塞州检察官采取措施，将从欺诈者手中扣押的约 230 万美元数字资产返还给屠宰猪骗局的受害者。