Ryan Gosling in Crypto? Shady project touting Gosling as their designer raises $830K in ICO
A shifty cryptocurrency startup which used a stock photo of Hollywood actor Ryan Gosling for the headshot of their lead graphic designer has managed to raise almost a million in an initial coin offering (ICO), writes THENEXTWEB.COM
Miroskii – as the company is called – has since attracted the attention of Reddit with its crafty marketing shenanigans.
But things actually get worse: as pointed out by numerous users on Reddit and Twitter, it appears that the shady cryptocurrency startup used ripped images for pretty much all of its team members.
But unlike the fake Gosling – who goes by the name Kevin Belanger according to Miroskii – the rest of stolen photos featured no celebrities.
CNET has since dug up more evidence showing that pretty much every photo which appears on Miroskii has been snatched from real people (with different names) who have nothing to do with blockchain or cryptocurrency.
But if this wasn’t enough, there are even more red flags.
Miroskii has yet to share its white paper with its investors. Its website reads that the company will offer users their “own decentralized bank” with support for credit and debit card providers like Visa, Mastercard, and American Express, but its white paper is still “coming soon.”
Instead, all investors have to consult with when making a decision whether or not to pledge their money is a shoddy roadmap, with practically no informational value whatsoever
Read the whole article from here – https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/03/05/ryan-gosling-cryptocurrency-ico