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Crypto Founder Charged in Alleged $9 Million Memecoin Rug Pull

Bitcoin.com News·October 10, 2026·1 min read
Crypto Founder Charged in Alleged $9 Million Memecoin Rug Pull

Federal prosecutors charged the creator of Kishu Inu, a billion-dollar memecoin, with allegedly misleading investors while secretly selling tokens allocated before the public could buy. The undisclosed sales reportedly netted millions, and investors received false assurances about the project's fairness.

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