Crypto sleuth ZachXBT says wrong suspect detained in Bored Ape NFT theft

Crypto investigator claims police wrongly detained a security expert in a 2022 Bored Ape NFT heist, identifying a different suspect through on-chain forensics.

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 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. 

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