Caitlyn Jenner meme coin ‘Mastermind’s celebrity price list released

A former teenage business celebrity from India has recently been named as the man behind a series of celebrity meme coin launches – accusing both Caitlyn Jenner and rapper Rich The Kid of being “scammed” by the man Sahil Arora.

Recently, Iggy Azalea's X account appeared to distance the Australian artist from her eponymous project, which Aurora promoted as a pre-sale. The token's pre-sale raised over $300,000, while the JENNER token reached a market capitalization of over $40 million amid social media claims and deep-seated claims of fraud and double-dealing.

Arora denied the allegations that he was a scammer, telling the magazine that many people had made a lot of money with his tokens and that the allegations against him had upset investors who had lost funds.

One of his alt accounts appears to have reposted other accounts this week, claiming that the celebrities he accused of fraud are still working with him to drum up media interest in the meme coin sale.

So the picture is completely blurry. But what's clear is that Arora has had a reputation for having a long list of celebrities for more than a year, according to a crypto exchange manager who worked with Arora, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“Obviously, since then, the main selling point has been the connection with many famous people and sex stars,” says the manager of the list, BA, tells the magazine.

Magazine has obtained a list of famous celebrity and adult movie stars whose endorsements are said to have been distributed by Aurora, ranging from $6,000 to $315,000.

How this relative managed to meet so many famous people (if indeed he did) remains a mystery. However, Arora met actress Lindsay Lohan through her husband, Bader Shamas, who was listed on B2B contact platform Clodura.ai as the development officer of Arora's now-defunct ZlaaPayAE project.

However, to complicate the relationship, there are also historical allegations that Arora was not involved as an advisor to the Xelacoin project.

A Telegram channel record for the RICH token from March (prior to this week's Rich the Kid developments) details what looked like a three-day pre-sale by Avalanche in Aurora.

In the channel, Arora is seen asking potential investors and directing them to send money to an address.

“The coin was liquidated within 5 minutes of its announcement,” said one investor, who asked not to be named.

Liquidity removal is often referred to as crypto rug pulling and has been demonstrated by many Aurora projects.

Cointelegraph Arora personally removed liquidity, however cannot confirm reasons for removal.

Avalanche token sales in 2018 In 2017, it seemed like minor side hustle compared to the wide-ranging charges he faced when he was still a teenager.

Several sources have come forward to say that they were abused by Arora, who gained trust by flaunting his fame and lavish lifestyle on social media.

The sources asked not to be named, fearing their past relationship with Arora could tarnish their reputation.

The alleged victims say they were lured by Arora's friendly demeanor and persuaded to invest in his projects. Former employees of Aurora say they stopped accepting payments.

Arora stopped responding to magazine messages when asked to respond to several public allegations against him. We'll update this story if we hear more from him.

From Drake to Caitlyn Jenner: Sahil's Celebrity Price List

List manager BA told the magazine that in March 2023, he was working with Arora as a list manager at a crypto exchange. According to BA, Arora texted him “every now and again” to see if he could help with various deal flows.

“Indeed, his main selling point since then has been his association with many celebrities and sex stars,” BA says in the magazine.

A document shared with the magazine, which says BA was awarded by Arora, details Arora's bid to get endorsements from 45 celebrities, movie stars, musicians and athletes. The price list ranges from $6,000 to $315,000. While Caitlyn Jenner is listed at $15,000, Rich the Kid is listed at $25,000.

Other celebrities on the list include Justin Bieber ($315,000), The Weeknd (price “based on content”), Tom Holland (TBD), Eminem ($140,000), Kim Kardashian ($315,000) and Jamie Foxx ($65,000).

The list features celebrities with prior collaborations with crypto, including Snoop Dogg ($125,000), Floyd Mayweather ($15,000), Lindsay Lohan ($10,000) and Soulja Boy ($7,000).

Magazine does not suggest that any celebrities have agreed to promote cryptocurrencies for those prices or have had any discussions with Aurora. For their names to appear in the list he says he distributed.

Aurora's series of candid messages to the magazine detailed the prices associated with 41 different adult film stars, with a separate price list ranging from $500 to $9,900 per tweet, following and social media story package.

“What shocks me to this day is the way he goes about it,” BA says. “He tries to act like a friend and he tries to build a lot of this goodwill to see if you can cooperate.”

Arora earned BA's trust not only through his frequent direct relationships, but also through his many photos with famous celebrities, including a snap of him talking to Canadian rapper Drake. (Drake has a note on the list that says “buys with content”.)

While BA can't determine whether the script is legitimate, Arora's apparent connection and connections make him think it's fairly believable.

BA says it's hard to tell what's true and what hasn't been discussed with him.

“Of course he feels no sympathy, but he mixes truth with falsehood very well. So you don't know when he is telling the truth and you don't know when he is lying.

BA convinced Arora to invest in his new project, Habibi, around November. Habibi is a social finance app similar to Friend.tech for BA but aimed at the Middle East.

BA He and two of his personal friends personally participated in the pre-sale of the project, although the official initial DEX offering (IDO) was on the GemPad platform, the price of the project dropped by 99% after its launch.

“I gave him this worthless penny of our property for now, I'm so upset,” says BA.

Separately, the Solana-based meme coin project tells the magazine that they lost money on Aurora after introducing them to an American rapper.

A screenshot of the exchange allegedly shared with the magazine shows Arora acting as a middleman between the two parties on a $20,000 promotional deal. But Arora added another $5,000 to the price, saying the famous rapper was asking for a higher price.

“Once the payment is made, they are gone,” said the CEO of the Solana Meme Coin Project.

The head of the project said that he was not sure if the celebrity was involved, but that both parties may have been duped by Aurora.

Who is Sahi Arora?

Arora came to the tech space as a 17-year-old business genius from Gurgaon, India, with New Delhi as its capital.

According to the Times of India, the young entrepreneur dropped out of Pathways School, one of the ten most expensive schools in the country.

After completing his studies, he quickly became busy.

In the year In 2017, he co-founded the Uber “takeaway” taxi app and partnered with actor Sahil Khan (who was recently arrested) to launch an advertising platform called Tabverts, reportedly developing a “groundbreaking” iris scanner Eye-D. As a Vuzelaa Group Owner, Bitcoin ATMs “Around the World”

None of these projects survive.

One of the earliest public allegations against Arora came from Vijay Shekhar, the founder of Indian payments giant Paytm.

In the year In 2017, Shekhar Arora accused Arora of impersonating him for trying to raise funds using the Paytm name. Shekhar shared a screenshot of an email that included Arora's email address linked to Vuzela.

Sahl Arora's case trail dates back to 2017.

One of the most popular businesses of Arora is known as ZelaaPayAe, which Arora seems to be very proud of.

“Also, I am the sole owner of ZelaPayAE, the largest project in Dubai [one] Exclusive partnership with VISA,” Arora told the magazine.

The magazine spoke to three individuals working on the Aurora Zelapai project.

One, a contractor who asked not to be named, is listed as an official team member of Zilaacoin, a ZilaPay affiliate project, despite working on a design-related order for Aurora One.

The designer said he stopped the project after learning that Arora had been accused of multiple frauds.

” does not [pay me]But I told him I would report it. That's when he finished paying after a long time,” the designer told the magazine, adding that the order was 800 British pounds.

Another anonymous employee, who goes by Richard, worked as a Telegram administrator for Zelapai and Firdaus (another Aurora project known as NFTz).

The manager says they were paid $250 a month for three months. After that, they stopped accepting payments.

The manager told the magazine that he still owes $2,000 for the work, saying: “We had to keep bugging them about it, and he finally paid, but they ignored messages for months.”

VR, who also worked as a manager for ZelaaPay and Firdaos Telegram, went as far as taking loans in Arora's name. VR told the magazine he was never paid back.

The administrators shared records of internal Telegram channels with the magazine, with messages dating back to 2020, showing VR's frustration over not being paid $40,000 for the token listing.

“I was one of the main owners in NFTz (I believe the fifth largest) and he asked me for the money to pay the listing on KuCoin, saying that he wanted that amount! I agreed (and) as a kind of guarantee, he gave me some NFTZ tokens! And guess what happened? From his girlfriend He went on vacation to the Maldives! The list never happened, and he even changed the name of the project later.

“My lack of experience and trust in him caused the money to be lost forever!” I understand VR

Sahil Arora's celebrity relationship secret

Several sources with personal and professional connections with Arora say he has always boasted of his relationships with famous celebrities, but the sources say they have no idea how these relationships came about.

Twitter user Avery Bigweapon, one of the first to link celebrity meme coins to Aurora, suggests that the celebrities who accused him of cheating may still be working with Aurora.

“Candy”, who appears to support Aurora in the Avalanche token launch, agrees with Bigweapon's theory as he publicly defends the accused.

“He's a good guy, he didn't do anything; he helped celebrities deploy coins,” Candy said.

The sources also explained how Arora used his real name and brushed off several allegations without serious consequences.

The meme coin project said it intends to file a report with the Dubai Police.

“We will coordinate with our lawyers to support it with reasonable evidence so that we have strong evidence against him,” they said.

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John Yun

Yohan Yun is a multimedia journalist who has been reporting on blockchain since 2017. He has contributed as an editor to crypto media outlet Forkast and covered Asian technology stories as an assistant reporter for Bloomberg BNA and Forbes. He spends his free time cooking and experimenting with new recipes.