Creator of Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT Knock-Offs Pleads Guilty of Rug Pull, Theft

Aurelien Michel, the developer behind NFT collection named the ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ series, has pleaded guilty to defrauding innocent members of the crypto community. Michel was luring-in investors to purchase his fake Mutant Apes-inspired NFT pieces before he abandoned the project all together.