Ex-Pump.fun Staffer Cops to $2M Solana Heist—Sentencing Looms
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Crypto crime doesn’t pay—except when it does. A former Pump.fun employee just folded in court, pleading guilty to swiping $2 million in Solana. Now they’re sweating it out ahead of sentencing.
How’d they pull it off? Details are scarce, but insider jobs always hit harder. The platform—known for its meme coin launchpad—got a brutal reminder that even DeFi’s 'trustless' systems rely on human honesty.
Solana’s price barely blinked. Because in crypto, another day, another hack—just subtract the zeros and wait for the next bull run to wash away the sins.
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