Mutant Ape Planet creator arrested in NY for alleged $2.9M NFT ‘fraud’ By Cointelegraph

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The developer of a Mutant Ape Yacht Club knock-off collection — Mutant Ape Planet — has been arrested in New York, charged with allegedly “defrauding” investors of $2.9 million in a “rug pull scheme.”

The arrest took place on Jan. 4 at the John F. International Airport in New York, with homeland security agent Ivan J. Arvelo alleging that French national “Aurelien Michel perpetrated a rug pull scheme” and stole “nearly $3 million from investors for his own personal use,” stating:

Sales of the Mutant Ape Planet NFT collection. Source: Opensea
A screenshot of discussions between community members. Source: Discord.