Law enforcement detained the wrong person for a 2022 scam that pilfered more than $1 million worth of Bored Ape non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cybersecurity researcher ZachXBT said.
In a May 9 X data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1920845187586105848″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” text=”null” title=”https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1920845187586105848″>post, ZachXBT said he identified the wallet behind the scam and linked it to an X account that has since been deleted.
But in 2023, law enforcement detained Sam Curry, a former Yuga Labs security researcher, at an airport as a suspect in the incident, ZachXBT said. Yuga Labs is the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection.
“It’s unfortunate…
