The surreal story of the weekend.
According to the information of TelegramAurélien Michel, son of Guingamp legend Coco Michel, was arrested at New York’s JKF airport on January 5, charged with nearly three million dollars of fraud. According to a US Department of Justice document, the ball player – trained at EAG, then a player at Lannion and Ploumagoar – defrauded NFT buyers “who have been falsely promised numerous rewards and benefits intended to increase the demand and value of their newly acquired NFTs” .
According to the lexicon of cryptocurrencies, the interested party would have carried out a carpet throw, also called “carpet” in French. In other words: he would not have given any news to the buyers once the money (over $2.9 million) was recovered. “As alleged, the defendant used a traditional criminal scheme to defraud consumers who wish to participate in a new market for digital goods” said Breon Peace, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “We never intended to pull the rug, but the community has become too toxic” defended Aurélien Michel.
I’m not sure that’s enough in front of a judge.
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