© Reuters.Jake Paul is in the mud for promoting another NFT rug pull as the founder abstains for $ 6.3 million
American professional boxer Jake Paul is involved in promoting yet another NFT project that couldn’t respond to the claim and may have abandoned about $ 6.3 million owned by investors.
The NFT project called “Animoon” was launched as the long-awaited Play-to-Earn game with 9,999 algorithm-generated NFTs. Animoon claimed that the Pokemon-derived NFTs, each rated at 0.2 ETH, were created in partnership with official Pokemon partner TopDeck. It even claimed to have signed a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) with Pokemon itself.
In NFT projects, it’s a common tradition to work with popular celebrities to support promotions, and Animoon chooses to involve Jake Paul, who is considered a serial scammer, to secure the project. Did. Paul has released the following promotional video to his followers:
Thank you for participating in this project. […] I love Pokemon-inspired designs – 9 yards in total.I personally want to get the legendary [Animoon] During public mint, but you shouldn’t miss this. Get ready for mint.
Jake Paul-Animon Rug pic.twitter.com/1ki3aqpBWp
— Influencer taking Ls (@bestvideosofct) June 2, 2022
Unfortunately, after some investors were attracted to the project by Paul’s recommendation, Animoon was unable to fulfill its many promises.
Products such as trainers and T-shirts to be distributed to investors did not appear soon, but cash rewards for 15 “legendary” NFT holders have not yet been paid.
Cryptographic detective ZachXBT used the Breadcrumbs analysis tool to show that the $ 6.3 million Animoon raised had already been sent to Binance and KuCoin.
9 / At this point, Animoon’s Twitter (NYSE 🙂 account is gone, the website isn’t working, and general chat has been removed from Discord pic.twitter.com/l2RgogiCqM
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) June 2, 2022
Jake Paul is gradually gaining a reputation in the field of cryptography as a dependable man to drive the project, whether good or bad, without prejudice. In the past, he has run multiple garbage projects, including Sacred Devils and STICK DIX, earning up to $ 2.2 million.
The founders of Animoon, Mounir Mokaddem, and Singainy Marc Oceane seem to have a good resume of criminal companies from their name. Sources claim that they both currently live in Dubai.
