N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Nonfungible Token Developer Pleads Guilty to an International Scheme to Defraud NFT Purchasers
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023
BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023:
Earlier today, Aurelien Michel, a French national who had been residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with defrauding purchasers of "Mutant Ape Planet" NFTs, a type of digital asset. Today's proceeding took plac . . .
Earlier today, Aurelien Michel, a French national who had been residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with defrauding purchasers of "Mutant Ape Planet" NFTs, a type of digital asset. Today's proceeding took plac . . .