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ZKasino rug pull suspect arrested in United Arab Emirates

By Editorial Board Published July 7, 2025 2 Min Read
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ZKasino rug pull suspect arrested in United Arab Emirates

Police within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have arrested a 21-year-old crypto founder they are saying is related to the $30 million rug pull by crypto betting platform ZKasino. 

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT reviews that Norwegian Ildar Ilham, who based WhiteRock, a crypto-based brokerage, is to be extradited to the Netherlands, the place his case will proceed.

UAE police declare Ilham was in touch with one other ZKasino suspect, believed to be Elham Nourzai, who was arrested on April 29, 2024, by Dutch authorities. Messages between the pair reportedly revealed that they by no means supposed to return ZKasino funds and that its sensible contract was designed to implement this. 

ZKasino customers have been “rug pulled” by the platform final 12 months when it determined to transform 10,505 ether (ETH) of consumer deposits, now value roughly $27 million, into the undertaking’s personal token earlier than making it unavailable for customers. 

It then strung customers alongside by promising a somewhat slender window to withdraw their funds. At one level, a pockets linked to the heist was used to make a $27 million Hyperliquid wager on the value of ETH, which finally misplaced. 

ZachXBT found that WhiteRock wallets have been commingling funds with ZKasino and warned concerning the danger of one other rug pull coming from WhiteRock.

He additionally famous how funds have been being slowly laundered after Nourzai’s launch and moved into Hyperliquid bets, over-the-counter brokers, and transformed into the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Monero. 

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