It seems Mario Nawfal’s crypto account is in hot water! They say they pulled down two ads for an Adin Ross token once they realized it was a scam. But, people on X (that’s Twitter now) aren’t buying it.

The drama started on Monday when the RoundtableSpace X account promoted this ROSS token, then quickly deleted the tweet. But wait, there’s more! The very next day, they shared the token address. This ROSS thing actually pumped to a $7 million market cap at one point, before the inevitable crash.

So, what’s Nawfal’s side of the story? He’s saying his account was hijacked! Apparently, a team member got tricked by someone called ‘@hardsnipe’ into promoting a fake Adin Ross token.

Yeah, people on X weren’t having any of it. One user, clearly fed up with the two promotions, fired back, “Do you think we’re f*cking stupid?” Ouch.

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And the skepticism kept rolling in. Others slammed it as a “poor excuse,” while some called Nawfal’s explanation “a polite way of saying I rugged you,” and simply: “HARD TO BELIEVE.”

One particularly blunt user, Vydamo, tweeted, “You post like 34 rugs a week. I’m just going to assume that this explanation is because a single person from your team made money rather than Mario directly.” Ouch, again!

Crypto detective Dethective dug in further, pointing out that the same team pushing the ROSS token was also behind a previous $32 million token called GAY – another one promoted by Nawfal’s account that ended badly.

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And this isn’t Nawfal’s first rodeo with controversy. He’s previously been called out for allegedly boosting his social media numbers, especially after his Spaces chats mysteriously maintained consistent listener numbers with a bunch of questionable international accounts.

Online investigator Upper Echelon has also raised eyebrows, accusing Nawfal’s business incubator of… well, charging clients. Isn’t an incubator supposed to invest *in* startups, not just charge them fees?

Adding fuel to the fire, his incubator, International Blockchain Consulting, is rumored to use services like bot farms, fake followers, SMM panels, forum spamming, and even repetitive Twitter comments. Yikes.

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Nawfal’s team is saying they’re going to take legal action against any team members who were involved in pushing the ROSS token. And the RoundtableSpace account has been radio silent since this all blew up.

Protos has reached out to the Mario Nawfal roundtable for their side of things and we’ll let you know if we hear back.

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