兩名 23 歲年輕人因涉嫌在 NFT 地毯拉動中詐騙投資者 2200 萬美元而在洛杉磯被捕

加布里埃爾·海伊（Gabriel Hay）和加文·梅奧（Gavin Mayo）分別被指控一項共謀實施電信詐欺罪、兩項電信詐欺罪和一項追蹤詐欺罪。

Two 23-year-old California residents were arrested in Los Angeles on Friday and charged with fraud for allegedly scamming investors out of over $22 million in crypto assets through a series of non-fungible token (NFT) rug pulls.

週五，兩名 23 歲的加州居民在洛杉磯被捕，並被指控犯有欺詐罪，罪名是透過一系列不可替代代幣 (NFT) 騙取投資者超過 2,200 萬美元的加密資產。

According to a news release from the Office of Public Affairs of the United States Department of Justice, Gabriel Hay and Gavin Mayo were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of stalking.

據美國司法部公共事務辦公室發布的新聞稿稱，加布里埃爾·海伊和加文·梅奧分別被指控一項共謀實施電信詐欺罪、兩項電信詐欺罪和一項跟蹤罪。

Prosecutors allege that Hay and Mayo sponsored and promoted NFT and digital asset projects, performing promotional activities to drum up support for the projects. However, the Justice Department alleges that they made or caused others to make “materially false and misleading statements” about the digital asset projects.

檢察官指控 Hay 和 Mayo 贊助和推廣 NFT 和數位資產項目，進行促銷活動以爭取對這些項目的支持。然而，司法部聲稱，他們做出或導致其他人對數位資產項目做出「重大虛假和誤導性陳述」。

Prosecutors also allege that Hay and Mayo provided misleading and false project roadmaps with plans for the NFT and digital asset projects that they did not intend to fulfill.

檢察官還指控 Hay 和 Mayo 提供了誤導性和虛假的項目路線圖，以及他們不打算實現的 NFT 和數位資產項目計劃。

The indictment alleges that Hay and Mayo promoted the Vault of Gems NFT project by claiming that it would be the first NFT project “pegged to a hard asset.” However, prosecutors claim that the duo abandoned the project after collecting millions from investors.

起訴書稱，Hay 和 Mayo 宣傳 Vault of Gems NFT 項目，聲稱這將是第一個「與硬資產掛鉤」的 NFT 項目。然而，檢察官聲稱，兩人在從投資者那裡籌集了數百萬美元後放棄了該項目。

When one project manager attempted to expose Hay and Mayo as being behind the Faceless NFT project, the two harassed that person, intimidating him and his family, according to Principal Deputy Attorney General Nicole Argentieri.

據首席副總檢察長 Nicole Argentieri 稱，當一名項目經理試圖揭露 Hay 和 Mayo 是 Faceless NFT 項目的幕後黑手時，兩人騷擾了該人，並恐嚇了他和他的家人。

The Justice Department alleges that the two men used fraudulent tactics with various digital asset projects, which included Vault of Gems, Faceless, Sinful Souls, Clout Coin, Dirty Dogs, Uncovered, MoonPortal, Squiggles and Roost Coin.

司法部指控這兩人對各種數位資產項目使用詐欺策略，包括 Vault of Gems、Faceless、Sinful Souls、Clout Coin、Dirty Dogs、Uncovered、MoonPortal、Squiggles 和 Roost Coin。

Prosecutors said their department will work with law enforcement to uproot crypto and other digital asset fraud. “Fraudsters take advantage of new technologies and financial products to steal investors’ hard-earned money,” Argentieri said.

檢察官表示，他們的部門將與執法部門合作，根除加密貨幣和其他數位資產詐欺行為。 「詐欺者利用新科技和金融產品來竊取投資者的血汗錢，」阿根蒂耶里說。