北卡罗来纳大学前游泳委员加文·梅奥 (Gavin Mayo) 因 2200 万美元的加密货币欺诈计划被起诉

根据美国司法部的说法，rugpull 是一种“欺诈计划，其中不可替代代币 (NFT) 或其他数字资产项目的创建者向投资者募集资金用于该项目，然后突然放弃该项目并以欺诈手段保留投资者的资金”。资金。”

Former UNC swimming commit Gavin Mayo and another man, Gabriel Hay, have been indicted on charges that they defrauded investors of more than $22 million in cryptocurrency in what is known as a “rugpull” scheme.

前北卡罗来纳大学游泳运动员加文·梅奥 (Gavin Mayo) 和另一名男子加布里埃尔·海伊 (Gabriel Hay) 已被起诉，罪名是通过所谓的“rugpull”计划诈骗投资者超过 2200 万美元的加密货币。

Mayo and Hay, both 23, have been accused of lying to investors and defrauding them of tens of millions of dollars. They are also charged with threatening a project manager who attempted to expose the fraud.

梅奥和海伊都是 23 岁，被指控向投资者撒谎并骗取他们数千万美元。他们还被指控威胁一名试图揭露欺诈行为的项目经理。

According to the U.S. Justice Department, a rugpull is a “type of fraud scheme in which the creator of a nonfungible token (NFT) or other digital asset project solicits funds from investors for the project and then abruptly abandons the project and fraudulently retains investors’ funds.”

根据美国司法部的说法，rugpull 是一种“欺诈计划，其中不可替代代币 (NFT) 或其他数字资产项目的创建者向投资者募集资金用于该项目，然后突然放弃该项目并以欺诈手段保留投资者的资金”。资金。”

Mayo is originally from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, about 45 minutes outside of Pittsburgh. A sprinter, he placed 9th at the 2019 Pennsylvania AAA Boys’ State Championship meet in the 50 free and finished high school with a lifetime best of 20.60.

梅奥来自宾夕法尼亚州格林斯堡，距匹兹堡约 45 分钟路程。作为一名短跑运动员，他在 2019 年宾夕法尼亚州 AAA 男子州冠军赛 50 英里自由泳比赛中获得第 9 名，并以 20.60 的一生最好成绩完成了高中学业。

While he committed to swim at the University of North Carolina, and was briefly on the team’s roster, he never swam a meet for the Tarheels. He dropped out of UNC and launched a TikTok account leaning into the hyper-alpha-male niche where he posted videos about things like eating raw chicken to get his hydration instead of drinking water and referring to himself as the “youngest billionaire in the world.”

虽然他在北卡罗来纳大学决心参加游泳比赛，并短暂出现在该队的名单中，但他从未参加过塔尔赫尔斯队的比赛。他从北卡罗来纳大学退学，并开设了一个专注于超级男性利基市场的 TikTok 账户，他在账户上发布了一些视频，内容包括吃生鸡肉而不是喝水来补充水分，并称自己是“世界上最年轻的亿万富翁”。 ”

Among Mayo’s projects was the “Vault of Gems” project, which claimed to be the first NFT project backed by jewelry. He raised over $100 million on the project and then killed it, saying the “marketplace never materialized.”

梅奥的项目之一是“Vault of Gems”项目，该项目号称是第一个由珠宝支持的 NFT 项目。他为该项目筹集了超过 1 亿美元，然后终止了该项目，称“市场从未实现”。

Each have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and one count of stalking.

每人均被指控一项串谋实施电信诈骗罪、两项电信诈骗罪和一项跟踪诈骗罪。

According to the Justice Department, if convicted, they each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each of the conspiracy and wire fraud counts and a maximum penalty of five years on the stalking count, meaning a maximum of 65 years of jail time are on the table.

据司法部称，如果罪名成立，他们每项共谋和电信欺诈罪名将面临最高 20 年监禁，跟踪罪名最高可判处 5 年监禁，即最高 65 年监禁都在桌子上。