Accused of being behind a gigantic cryptocurrency scam, influencer Haliey Welch disappears from social networks

Elle est revenue après deux semaines d’absence, accusée d’arnaque aux cryptomonnaies. Capture d'écran Instagram

Alors qu’elle s’était fait connaître aux États-Unis en juin, cette influenceuse surnommée "Hawk Tuah Girl" avait disparu des réseaux. Certains l’accusent d’avoir gagné 50 millions de dollars grâce à une arnaque.

Since the beginning of December, Haliey Welch, better known as “Hawk Tuah Girl”, had not given any news and had become untraceable on social networks. Last June, she was questioned by two YouTubers during a man-in-the-street interview about what drives a man crazy in bed. Her explicit answer then became a meme on social networks and the video was viewed more than 9 million times.

As soon as her sudden buzz began, the 22-year-old woman quit her job to create a podcast, a paid dating site, derivative products and finally launched a cryptocurrency project. On Instagram she now has 2.6 million subscribers and 1.8 million on Tiktok.

A “rug pull” operation

After launching her cryptocurrency, Haliey Welch allegedly invested in her own coin in order to boost its value before withdrawing her investments to leave other investors with worthless tokens. A scam called “rug pull”. In her last message on X, the influencer said “go to bed”.

On X, Internet users are calling out the influencer who had not given any news for two weeks. “I'm a big fan of Hawk Tuah, but you took all my savings. I bought your $Hawk piece that you promoted with my children's college fund”, says one of them. “I can't believe Hawk Tuah Girl has been missing for two weeks… I can't take it anymore, where is she?”, another one exclaimed indignantly.

She finally breaks her silence

This Friday, December 20, Haliey Welch finally sent a message to those affected. “I take this situation very seriously” she says before explaining that she wants to “contribute to discovering the truth”. She also left a link to a law firm.