The group of Aid to victims of influencers (AVI) announced on Monday the filing of two collective complaints bringing together 88 joint complaints for “organized gang scam, criminal associations and breach of trust”. Unprecedented in its scale, this action calls into question the practices of a couple of influencers, Marc and Nadé Blata.
Some 2,500 euros per month, for life, trips, gifts… This is the tempting promise made by influencers to their community. In exchange, you have to buy NFTs, these digital certificates of authenticity of a virtual object. The object in question is an Animoon, a sort of creature from a future video game, largely inspired by the Pokémon universe, without any partnership having been signed. The project raised $6.3 million, from the pockets of internet users around the world. But, several months after the launch of the pre-sale campaign, nothing. The authors give no news of the project and none of the promised pennies have been paid.
One of the influencers who promoted it is Marc Blata, a former reality TV contestant, who now lives in Dubai. It is also the subject of the second complaint filed by the collective.
Financial products
He and his wife, Nadé, are said to have encouraged their community to do copy trading. A practice intended in particular for people who are new to investing, and which consists of reproducing the transaction patterns of experienced investors. But it is forbidden in France to advertise financial products considered particularly risky.
The victims all evoke the feeling of legitimacy inspired by the couple with 7 million subscribers. Reason why they thought it was good to trust him.
The procedure is ” a first “, according to the AVI Collective (help for victims of influencers) which initiated it, and which indicates in a press release that it wants to “ warn the public about the dangers of promoting certain unscrupulous “stars” ” and ” point out the passivity of the platforms while encouraging other victims to file a complaint.
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