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Prior rug/exit-scam affiliation

Maple Finance's assessment for RD-F-115 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No rug or exit-scam affiliations found for any identified Maple Finance team member. Protocol had a credit risk event (Orthogonal Trading borrower default, Dec 2022) but team response involved active recovery, not exit.

Detail #

Web search for 'Sidney Powell rug', 'Joe Flanagan rug', 'Maple Finance exit scam' yielded no results. REKT DB (data-cache rekt.incidents = []) confirms no smart contract exploit executed by the team. The Orthogonal event involved a third-party borrower misrepresenting their financial position; the Maple team cooperated with affected depositors and continued operating.

Sources #

Methodology #

Determine whether any team member is linked via verified OSINT to a prior rug or exit-scam-labeled protocol.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol maple-finance factor RD-F-115 score green collected_at 2026-04-27 05:38:08