Last month we reported this NFT detective ZachXBT identified the founder of the NFT collection The Rogue Society, who reportedly ran away with $5.5 million. Now the project is in the news again – again for the wrong reasons. Apparently, the Rogue Society team rigged a $5,000 contest to allow one of the team members to win the prize.

What happened to the Rogue Society?

Yesterday, June 13th, NFT detective ZachXBT revealed that the founding team of the Rogue Society is up to no good. In their original tweet thread revealing the project’s activities, ZachXBT added a new update.

“After my thread, the team magically reappeared and announced a $5,000 theme song contest,” they wrote. But this is where it gets interesting. The project signed up one of their own team members and rigged the game so they won.

ZachXBT further explained, “The RS team had one of their own team members compete. In the end they lose by 1 vote. The RS team then changes the rules to vote again, so that team member then wins the $5,000.”

How has NFT Twitter reacted to the Rogue Society’s actions?

Following ZachXBT’s allegations, NFT Twitter was quick to announce the project. While some called the project a “scam,” others called the move “just sad.”

“A runoff because there was only one vote between first and second?” commented Twitter user Mikey 8Bit. “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

Launched in September 2021, The Rogue Society is a PFP-NFT project with 15,777 robotic NFTs. Its website states that these bots “escaped enslavement by a failed utopian society.” The project is said to be a slow carpet after its founder ran away with the $5.5 million raised at launch. Additionally, the team has yet to deliver on any of the roadmap promises.