LOS ANGELES — Six people have been indicted in four separate cryptocurrency fraud cases involving more than $130 million in losses, including the single largest NFT scheme charged to date, federal prosecutors said this week. That scheme, prosecutors said, involved a group called the Baller Ape Club that claimed to sell NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, in the form of cartoon images of apes. A group with a similar theme, the Bored Ape Yacht Club, is one of the world's most popular NFT distributors, with endorsements from Snoop Dogg, Tom Brady and other celebrities. Its NFTs have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars, though prices have dropped sharply in recent weeks. Le Anh Tuan, 26, of Vietnam was charged in California with one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit international money laundering in connection with the Baller Ape Club scheme. Shortly after Baller Ape Club's public sales began, Tuan and unnamed co-conspirators "rug-pulled" … [Read more...] about 6 indicted in cryptocurrency and NFT fraud schemes that netted more than $130 million
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‘Genetically compromised’ baby born to brother and sister parents dies hours after birth
A baby born to an incestuous couple died just hours of his birth in hospital due to being severely genetically compromised. The boy is said to have had numerous birth defects because his parents were brother and sister. Footage taken in the hospital in Dustlik, Uzbekistan, shows the tiny tot crying in an incubator as a nurse wiped the dry, scaly skin on his bottom. Uzbek Ministry of Health said the baby was born on June 4 with "severe congenital ichthyosis", as well as other birth defects it described as "life-threatening". Ichthyosis congenita is an inherited skin disorder characterised by generalised, abnormally red, dry, and rough skin with large coarse and fine white scales. The newborn was placed in an incubator but sadly passed away (stock image) ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) His mother, born in 1994, was 35 weeks and four days pregnant when she gave birth to the boy who was 47 centimetres (18.5 inches) tall, according to the Uzbek Health Ministry on … [Read more...] about ‘Genetically compromised’ baby born to brother and sister parents dies hours after birth