哈林NFT项目投资者苏创始人乔纳森·米尔斯（Jonathan Mills）指控他挪用了数百万美元

Hashling NFT项目的投资者已针对创始人乔纳森·米尔斯（Jonathan Mills）提起诉讼，指控他挪用了数百万美元，未能支付承诺的股权回报。

Investors in the Hashling NFT project have filed a lawsuit against founder Jonathan Mills, alleging he misappropriated millions of dollars and failed to pay promised equity returns.

Hashling NFT项目的投资者已针对创始人乔纳森·米尔斯（Jonathan Mills）提起诉讼，指控他挪用了数百万美元，未能支付承诺的股权回报。

The May 14 court filing in Illinois accuses Mills of stealing profits from both the NFT project and a related Bitcoin (BTC) mining operation.

5月14日在伊利诺伊州提交的法院申请指责工厂从NFT项目和相关比特币（BTC）采矿业务中窃取利润。

According to court documents, Mills allegedly lied about transferring assets from Hashling NFT and at least $3 million from a Bitcoin mining project to Satoshi Labs LLC (formerly known as Proof of Work Labs LLC), where he serves as founder and CEO.

根据法院文件，据称米尔斯撒谎，说明从哈林NFT转移资产，至少从比特币矿业项目中转移了300万美元到Satoshi Labs LLC（以前被称为工作证明实验室LLC），在那里他担任创始人兼首席执行官。

The plaintiffs claim they raised a combined $1.46 million from two NFT drops on the Solana and Bitcoin blockchains. Despite this success, they say they’ve received no returns on their investments.

原告声称，他们从Solana和Bitcoin区块链上的两次NFT跌落中筹集了146万美元。尽管取得了成功，但他们说，他们的投资尚未获得回报。

After the NFT drops, the plaintiffs allege Mills began “ghosting” them. They accuse him of creating a flawed shareholder agreement to falsely support his claim that his holding company controlled the project’s assets.

NFT下降后，原告指控米尔斯开始“鬼魂”。他们指责他建立了有缺陷的股东协议，以虚假支持他的控股公司控制该项目资产的说法。

Questionable Shareholder Agreement

可疑的股东协议

The disputed shareholder agreement allegedly gave Mills a 67% equity share in Proof of Work Labs, while several investors who contributed up to $20,000 received just 2% equity each. Mills also held a 67% voting stake on all company matters, with no other partner holding more than 2%.

据称，有争议的股东协议在工作实验室证明了67％的股权份额，而贡献高达20,000美元的几位投资者则获得了每份仅2％的股权。米尔斯还对所有公司事务持有67％的投票股份，没有其他合作伙伴持有超过2％的股份。

The plaintiffs claim Mills assured them their equity stakes would remain unchanged when he later renamed the company to Satoshi Labs. When contacted by Cointelegraph, Mills did not provide an immediate response to these allegations.

原告声称，米尔斯向他们保证，当他将公司重命名为Satoshi Labs时，他们的股权将保持不变。当由Cointelegraph与Cointelegraph联系时，米尔斯没有立即对这些指控做出立即回应。

The court filing reveals that the Hashling NFT project began as a different concept initially discussed between Mills and plaintiff Dustin Steerman. The two had established a rapport from previous collaborations.

法院申请显示，哈林NFT项目始于米尔斯和原告达斯汀·史蒂曼（Dustin Steerman）之间最初讨论的另一个概念。两者已经建立了以前合作的融洽关系。

Project Origins and Team Building

项目起源和团队建设

Interestingly, Mills reportedly told Steerman at the outset that he had neither money nor NFT-related experience to contribute to the project. Despite these limitations, they proceeded with the Hashling NFT venture.

有趣的是，据报道，米尔斯一开始告诉Steerman，他既没有钱也没有与NFT相关的经验来为该项目做出贡献。尽管有这些局限性，但他们还是进行了Hashling NFT合资企业。

“[Mills] had a willingness to help push the project forward, and he did have one idea at the start,” said Clinton Ind of Ind Legal Group LLC, the investor’s attorney, in comments to Law360. “Even though that wasn’t the final idea, it did embolden it, and… everyone kind of enjoyed working together in those early stages.”

投资者律师Ind Legal Group LLC的Clinton Ind Ind律师在对Law360的评论中说：“ [米尔斯]有助于推动该项目的前进，而他一开始就有一个想法。” “即使这不是最终的想法，它确实装满了它，而且……每个人都喜欢在这些早期阶段一起工作。”

To help ensure the project’s success, Mills and Steerman brought in additional investors who are now also plaintiffs in the case. These team members assisted with various aspects of the project, from NFT art creation and social media marketing to attending NFT conferences in New York.

为了帮助确保该项目的成功，米尔斯和斯特曼引入了其他投资者，这些投资者现在也是该案的原告。这些团队成员协助了该项目的各个方面，从NFT艺术创建和社交媒体营销到参加纽约的NFT会议。

The case documents even claim Mills convinced his girlfriend to invest in the Hashling NFTs project.

案件文件甚至声称米尔斯说服了他的女友投资于Hashling NFTS项目。

The lawsuit seeks multiple remedies, including claims for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. The plaintiffs have also requested a constructive trust over the project’s assets and full legal restitution.

该诉讼寻求多种补救措施，包括欺诈和违反信托义务的要求。原告还要求对项目的资产和完全赔偿的建设性信托。

The case highlights the risks investors face in the largely unregulated NFT space, where project governance and financial transparency often rely heavily on trust between founding partners.

该案强调了投资者在不受监管的NFT领域中面临的风险，在这些空间中，项目治理和财务透明度通常很大程度上依赖于创始伙伴之间的信任。

The plaintiffs continue to pursue legal action as they seek to recover their investments and promised returns from the allegedly mismanaged project.

原告在寻求收回投资并承诺从据称不当行业的项目中获得回报时继续采取法律行动。

According to the court filing, the claimed misappropriation included both NFT sales proceeds and profits from the related Bitcoin mining operation that was closely tied to the Hashling project.

根据法院申请，声称的盗用包括与哈林项目密切相关的相关比特币采矿业务中的NFT销售收益和利润。