‘Crypto Rug Pull’ Leaves ‘Hundreds’ of Central African Republic Investors ‘Penniless’
Police in the Central African Republic suspect a rug pull after the operators of a crypto firm “vanished overnight.” The news outlet RFI reported that the Research and Investigation Section (SRI) of the National Gendarme...
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The news outlet RFI reported that the Research and Investigation Section (SRI) of the National Gendarmerie (the CAR’s police force) have “launched an investigation” into the firm.
Prosecutors have also launched a separate investigation into the firm, whose operators – investors say – have disappeared without a trace, taking their money with them....
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