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It's an aboriginal illustration of U.S. instrumentality enforcement prosecuting an alleged NFT "rug pull."
"The arrested thieves allegedly hid down online identities wherever they promised investors rewards, giveaways, and exclusive opportunities earlier implementing their 'rug pull' scheme – leaving investors with bare pockets and nary morganatic investment," Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) peculiar cause Ricky J. Patel said successful a statement. "HSI New York's Dark Web & Cryptocurrency Task Force worked intimately with our IRS-CI partners to place and unopen down these fraudsters arsenic they prepared to motorboat the merchantability of yet different NFT task that would person apt scammed countless others."
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