ICO Scam was Only a Prank, XTB Leaves Turkey: Best of the Week
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:48 pm
Aaand it’s gone…
Yassin Hankir absconded with approximately $50 million raised from 35,000 investors by the initial coin offering of his project, Savedroid. The official website was replaced with a taunting message.
The company’s office was found to have been emptied, and Hankir wrote a post on Twitter saying “Thanks guys! Over and out…”
Or maybe not?
In a very strange turn of events, Hankir reneged on his escape and now claims that the whole fraud was actually a prank.
The CEO explains in a YouTube video that he was raising awareness of scams. It would be an understatement to say ... (read more)