Key Takeaways
- Famed celebrity scammer, Sahil Aurora, has openly admitted he fears no legal consequences under Donald Trump’s administration.
- Aurora made millions by tricking high-profile celebrities like Caitlyn Jenner and Jason Derulo into promoting memecoins.
- The worrying confession highlights how normalised crypto fraud is becoming, with rug pulls emerging as a disturbingly viable ‘profession.’
Sahil Aurora, a notorious figure in the world of celebrity memecoin scams, has publicly claimed he fears no consequences for his actions while U.S. President Donald Trump is in power.
In a high-profile interview with leading crypto investigator Coffeezilla, Aurora went into detail about his repeated dupes of high-profile celebrities.
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No Consequences Under Trump
In the interview with Coffeezilla, posted Saturday and already viewed over one million times, Aurora declared that he’s not worried about any legal repercussions for his actions.
Aurora has built a reputation for making millions by scamming celebrities to promote memecoins linked to them, only to pull the plug shortly after, walking away with inflated investor funds from their audience.
“Before Trump, I could imagine people getting jailed. After Trump, there is just no way,” Aurora told Coffeezilla.
When asked if he believed it was dangerous for the government to allow these scams to continue unchecked, Aurora offered a disturbing prediction.
“It’s bad for our children when they grow up because then they have a new stream of career which would be rugging,” he said, referring to the practice of launching fraudulent tokens and abandoning them after profiting.
He added that it’s likely to become “a new profession.”
Aurora’s confidence stems from recent changes in how crypto-related crimes are handled.
In April, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was disbanding the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, which had been focused on investigating crypto fraud.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the previous administration had pursued a “reckless strategy of regulation by prosecution.”
Aurora’s Sweeping Celebrity Memecoin Scams
Despite a rare public apology to those he defrauded in April, Aurora’s appearance in the interview seemed more self-serving than remorseful.
During the interview, Aurora detailed how he paid Caitlyn Jenner $50,000 for a post on X to promote a token without her realizing it was tied to her own likeness.
Once Jenner promoted the token, named JENNER, its market cap skyrocketed to $43 million within 24 hours.
Aurora said he “dumped [his] whole pack” just six or seven hours after launch, netting over $200,000.
Jenner has spoken out publicly against the duping, calling herself a victim of Aurora.
A similar scheme involved Jason Derulo, whom Aurora misled into promoting a memecoin named JASON, under the impression that he was endorsing a gambling website.
Aurora again quickly dumped his investment after the token grew over 6,000% in a matter of hours, reaching a $5 million market cap.
However, after Derulo caught on to the scam and the market cap had dropped 50%, he claimed he wanted to take the token “to the moon” to get back at Aurora.
Aurora claims he still had tokens in his wallet that benefited from Derulo’s promotion.
“One of my wallets had a 10 sold purchase at $200,000 market cap. I woke up and that wallet was automatically at$300,000 value. I woke up, I sold immediately at 30 million market cap,” Aurora told Coffeezilla.
To add insult to injury, Aurora claimed he only paid Derulo half of what he promised.
“I was arrogant. I was like, you don’t finish the finisher,” he told Coffee.
Celebrity Responsibility
Aurora’s fraud, which has reportedly amassed him over $30 million, highlights how little due diligence celebrities do before endorsing crypto projects.
While many celebrities claimed ignorance, the ethical responsibility of protecting their audiences from fraudulent promotions has come under scrutiny.
Some, like Derulo, ignored red flags until it was too late.
“The fact that a random guy from Dubai can just offer a cash transfer to a big time celebrity to post…
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