两名 23 岁年轻人因涉嫌在 NFT 地毯拉动中诈骗投资者 2200 万美元而在洛杉矶被捕

加布里埃尔·海伊（Gabriel Hay）和加文·梅奥（Gavin Mayo）分别被指控一项共谋实施电信欺诈罪、两项电信欺诈罪和一项跟踪罪。

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.

周五，两名 23 岁的加州居民在洛杉矶被捕，并被指控犯有欺诈罪，罪名是通过一系列不可替代代币 (NFT) 骗取投资者超过 2200 万美元的加密资产。

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.

据美国司法部公共事务办公室发布的新闻稿称，加布里埃尔·海伊和加文·梅奥分别被指控一项共谋实施电汇欺诈罪、两项电汇欺诈罪和一项跟踪罪。

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.

检察官指控 Hay 和 Mayo 赞助和推广 NFT 和数字资产项目，开展促销活动以争取对这些项目的支持。然而，司法部声称，他们做出或导致其他人对数字资产项目做出“重大虚假和误导性陈述”。

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.

检察官还指控 Hay 和 Mayo 提供了误导性和虚假的项目路线图，以及他们并不打算实现的 NFT 和数字资产项目计划。

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.

起诉书称，Hay 和 Mayo 宣传 Vault of Gems NFT 项目，声称这将是第一个“与硬资产挂钩”的 NFT 项目。然而，检察官声称，两人在从投资者那里筹集了数百万美元后放弃了该项目。

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.

据首席副总检察长 Nicole Argentieri 称，当一名项目经理试图揭露 Hay 和 Mayo 是 Faceless NFT 项目的幕后黑手时，两人骚扰了该人，并恐吓了他和他的家人。

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.

司法部指控这两人对各种数字资产项目使用欺诈策略，其中包括 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.

检察官表示，他们的部门将与执法部门合作，根除加密货币和其他数字资产欺诈行为。 “欺诈者利用新技术和金融产品来窃取投资者的血汗钱，”阿根蒂耶里说。