CoinVoice has recently learned that according to DL News, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York stated in a statement that they have filed charges against three British nationals in connection with a 2021 rug pull scam involving a series of 10,000 NFTs called "Evolved Apes."
According to the statement, they took about $2.7 million worth of Ethereum from investors. 23-year-old Mohamed-Amin Atcha, Mohamed Rilaz Waleedh and Daood Hassan were charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. [Original link]
