“Mutant Ape Planet” NFT Designer Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces 5 Years in Prison

“Mutant Ape Planet” NFT Designer Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces 5 Years in Prison

Aurelien Michel, the 25-year-old designer of “Mutant Ape Planet” NFTs, pled guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday. A $3 million fraud scheme Michel admitted to luring in NFT investors with promises of giveaways, tokens, merchandise collections, and staking features. He then abandoned these promises, […]

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