What happened
The contract owner minted tokens during the project deployment stage. After the liquidity raised up, appropriated tokens were sold at these transactions:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x442df167…db548a
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xfc920909…ca01de
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x4ad6eaea…e8891c
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xeadb0bd0…9c4f79
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x03a756b7…0c43d1
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xeeafcf2f…336888
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd8cdc0c5…96a20e
Case & protocol details
Classification
Token
Protocol Type
Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract
KOSTA
Official Website
Vistafinance.io
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