Prior rug/exit-scam affiliation
Aerodrome Finance's assessment for RD-F-115 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Ex-Velodrome team member Gabagool (not on current Aerodrome team) committed insider theft of $350K from Velodrome's operational wallet in August 2022, swapping funds to ETH and sending to Tornado Cash. Funds were recovered after confrontation. Gabagool departed; identity later exposed at a NYC Clanker event in May 2025. Current core team (Alex Cutler, Stas, Jack Dishman, Zoomer) has no verified prior rug or exit-scam affiliation.
Sources #
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- Met a former colleague at an offline event, Clanker developer exposed for stealing Velodrome funds — MEXC NewsMEXC news: Clanker developer Gabagool exposed at NYC event May 2025retrieved 2026-05-04
Methodology #
Determine whether any team member is linked via verified OSINT to a prior rug or exit-scam-labeled protocol.
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