Solana NFT Project Rug Pulls Investors for $1.3M—Despite Civic 'Verification'
Big Daddy Ape Club scammed would-be investors out of 9,136 SOL, even though its devs were purportedly fully doxed through the “Verified by Civic Pass” program.
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