Baller Ape Club NFT developers rug pull for $2.6 million

Illustration of a purple neon themed bar scene with crypto price charts on the wallsBaller Ape Club website (attribution)
A blatant clone of the extremely popular Bored Ape Yacht Club project, called "Baller Ape Club" and on the Solana blockchain, went live after much anticipation. Shortly afterwards, its creators made off with $2.6 million and deleted their websites and social media. The same group had pulled off one rug pull already, stealing around $150,000, and later went on to do a third rug pull in January 2022.