Former UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov appears to be like set to attend Validus’ V-Con Ponzi occasion in Dubai.
The advertising and marketing stunt seems to be an try and distract Validus traders from disabled withdrawals.
V-Con is scheduled to happen in Dubai throughout Could fifth to seventh. Validus introduced Nurmagomedov can be attending on April twenty fifth.
Validus disabled withdrawals on April twentieth, successfully collapsing its Ponzi scheme.
Validus has claimed it would re-enable withdrawals on Could sixteenth. Within the meantime, holding a advertising and marketing occasion on Could fifth is actually a wierd transfer.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is well-known in sporting circles.
He competed within the light-weight division of the Final Combating Championship (UFC), the place he was the longest-reigning UFC Light-weight Champion ever, having held the title from April 2018 to March 2021.
With 29 wins and no losses, he retired with an undefeated document.
Nurmagomedov was ranked #1 within the UFC males’s pound-for-pound rankings on the time of his retirement.
Initially from Russia, Nurmagomedov is reported to spend a substantial period of time within the US.
For now all that’s recognized is Nurmagomedov has been paid to attend Validus’ occasion.
If the association goes any additional, Nurmagomedov may discover himself focused by the SEC.
Cash could be tight for Nurmagomedov, who of late has been selling numerous crypto schemes.
Gameplan is a few “sports activities metaverse” nonsense no one appears too concerned about.
And, albeit lengthy after the market collapsed, Nurmagomedov can be getting into the NFT grift:
Little bit of a tragic approach to milk your followers however I can’t converse for Nurmagomedov’s PR workforce.
It’s anticipated the one V-Con attendees can be prime promoters who’ve made cash recruiting victims into the Ponzi.
Validus was charging $953 to $7,894 for V-Con tickets. After the collapse although costs have been slashed.
A “Platinum” V-Con ticket will now set you again $5000. The ticket contains “private images with Khabib Nurmagomedov”.
On April twenty third Validus held a world disaster name, on which founders Parwiz Daud and Mansour Tawafi spent an hour and ten minutes pleading with traders for endurance.
Daud and Tawafi are former promoters of the infamous OneCoin Ponzi scheme.
Within the lead as much as its collapse, Validus acquired regulatory fraud warnings from New Zealand, Australia and Belgium.