The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement that it had filed charges against three British citizens for their alleged involvement in the 2021 Evolved Apes NFT Rug-Pull scam. The statement said that Mohamed-Amin Atcha, Mohamed Rilaz Waleedh and Daood Hassan were charged with wire fraud and money laundering, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. According to the indictment, the three embezzled 798 Ethereum, worth approximately US$2.7 million at the time, and transferred the misappropriated funds to their own private accounts through multiple cryptocurrency transactions. (DL News)