Rob allegedly sent a message to a Telegram group saying: “Pfft, you're a millionaire,” along with an image of a purple fairy wearing a mushroom hat. The message promised that the recipient could get rich quick if he used Rob's MEV bot and invested in the cryptocurrency $RAT and a token he ironically named NoRugz. Ta.
According to the report, Rob asked crypto investors via Telegram and other social media for funds to build “Maximum Extractable Value” (MEV, a crypto trading bot). However, the bot never materialized after investors sent their funds. Investors interviewed by the FBI said Mr. Robb gave multiple excuses for the bot's delays and refused to respond to any requests for refunds.
The bots Robb described are supposed to scan blockchain networks for profitable trading opportunities and execute them automatically, but there is no evidence that the technology actually works over time. This hasn't stopped cryptocurrency scammers from pushing fake bots on his YouTube, yeah.
Rob frequently posted about X and the MEV bot he was building on the crypto social media platform Friend.Tech. In a DM to investors, he claimed to have built enough prototypes of the bot to deliver “huge returns.”
The FBI alleges Robb collected at least $1.5 million from investors in a few weeks in 2023. But instead of the funds being used to build a crypto trading bot, Rob transferred most of his funds to his personal bank account. According to an investigation of Robb's financial transactions by the FBI, Robb used some of his funds for a two-year lease on an executive suite at the Denver Broncos Mile High Stadium, a luxury Jeep, and a stay at a vacation resort in the Bahamas. It turned out that it was spent.
Rob, 46, was arrested in Las Vegas on March 20, according to reports. Recording screenshot Posted by Crypto Detective ZachXBT on X from the Henderson Police Department. The Verge We contacted Henderson County and requested Robb's police records.
Rob Posted under handle X poker brat 2019, his bio claims to have been a victim of extortion in the past. Over the past year, he has frequently tweeted about his MEV bot and frequently warned his followers to beware of cryptocurrency scams.
Rob has not posted since the day of his arrest. His last post, published at 12:38pm ET on the morning of his arrest, scolded his followers for being “too predictable” and promised an upcoming Solana bot.