The founder of WhiteRock was arrested in the UAE on suspicion of committing a $30 million fraud through ZKasino.

BlockBeats news, on July 4th, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted on social media revealing that UAE authorities have detained Ildar Ilham, the founder of the decentralized finance protocol WhiteRock Finance, accusing him of executing a $30 million scam through the gambling platform ZKasino. Case details show that the ZKasino platform promised to airdrop native tokens to specific users when it launched in April 2024, but over a year has passed without fulfillment. In April this year, Dutch authorities arrested a 26-year-old individual involved (reportedly a prominent figure in the crypto world, Elham Nourzai), with charges including fraud, embezzlement, and Money Laundering. ZachXBT pointed out that Ilham’s arrest is related to the investigation of Nourzai and ZKasino, and procedures are currently underway to extradite him to the Netherlands. Another suspect, Lior Ben Zakan, has not yet been mentioned. Affected by this news, the native token WHITE of WhiteRock plummeted over 40% on Thursday, falling from $0.0006582 to $0.0003909.