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Caught
CAPTUREDCASE TH-0033Pump & Dump
Mr. 100x
Real identityJOHN DOE #0033 — IDENTIFIED
Called the gems. Dumped them on his own followers.
Last seen
In custody — awaiting trial
Active since
2021
Victims
26.4K
Hunters on case
Case closed
THREAT 2/5
Modus operandi
Ran a paid signals group and a free hype channel. Accumulated low-cap tokens quietly, shilled them to 300k followers as "100x gems", then dumped into the volume his own calls created. Took undisclosed promo payments from projects too.
Scheme
Paid "gem call" group
Evidence collected
- 1Pre-call accumulation wallets clustered to his KYC exchange account.
- 2Sell transactions timed to within minutes of each public call.
- 3Undisclosed promo contracts recovered in discovery.
- 4Captured after a wallet reused a doxxed deposit address.
Crime timeline
- 2022Signals group
"100x gem" calls to 300k followers.
- 2023Pump & dump cycle−$22,000,000
Accumulate, shill, dump — repeatedly.
- 2024-01Wallet slip
Reused a doxxed deposit address. Cluster broken.
- 2024-04CAPTURED+$17,500,000 recovered
Arrested; $17.5M in assets seized for victims.
Tracked wallets
0x100xP…00033
EthereumSolana
Known aliases
- @mr100x
- @gem_caller
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