An funding agency founder has warned ladies working in or seeking to transfer into crypto to “please be vigilant” after a associate at Singapore-based DWF Labs was accused of drugging a job applicant and making an attempt to coerce her into his lodge suite after promising her a task in a crypto undertaking.
Writing on X (previously Twitter), Primitive Ventures founder and web persona Dovey Wan was reacting to allegations made by a would-be DWF Labs worker who claims that, throughout a gathering in a bar in Hong Kong, Euguen Ng, one among DWF Labs’ founders, tried to spike her drink.
The job applicant, generally known as ‘Hana,’ claims that she then left the bar and when she started to really feel dizzy, Ng tried to coerce Hana into his lodging, telling her, “I’ll take you to get a taxi. I have a suite in Murrary. If you treat me well, I can give you more inside information.”
Ng has since been fired by DWF Labs and the corporate has reportedly put in a brand new associate.
Within the wake of the allegations, Ng switched his X account to non-public however has since appeared to delete it altogether.
On her X account, Wan mentioned that she was “outraged and disgusted” and detailed how she met Ng on numerous events in Singapore, describing him as an obvious gents. Nevertheless, she added:
“The fact that after failing his attempt in HK, he shamelessly went to Dubai for another crypto conference, socializing as if nothing happened, likely hunting for his next target. This screams repeat criminal behavior to me.”
“Ladies, please be vigilant, the hidden risks [are] very real. Some of those crypto bros embody the most predatory aspects of both tech and finance cultures, treating women they see as ‘huntable’ with unpredictable crimes,” she warned.
In an interview with Wu Blockchain, printed on Thursday, Hana recounted her expertise, detailing her slim escape and the way she set about revealing the assault.
“The police said I was very lucky and could tell he was a repeat offender — very skilled,” she advised Wu Blockchain Editor-in-Chief Colin Wu.
“Unfortunately, because I didn’t report it on the day, there was no physical evidence,” she defined, including that police have suggested her to watch out, “as disclosing the footage might involve an invasion of personal privacy.”
She added, “After I posted on Twitter, Eugene contacted me, saying, ‘Let me know if you’re up to chat.’ He sent a few similar messages and called me several times, which I didn’t answer.”
