Vadia Finance Rug Pull

Reported loss $9K
Ethereum
Rugpull

What happened

The contract deployer added initial liquidity at:

Tx 0xdbc4…f03c

The external wallet used hidden minting functionality under the approve() function to generate new tokens onto his wallet at:

Tx 0xac95…5a07

The minted tokens were sold by the external wallet at:

Tx 0x96dc…f1ac

Stolen funds were transferred to the wallet, marked as Phishing4814 by the Etherscan:

Tx 0xaf4b…25be

Protocol details

Classification Exchange (DEX) / Borrowing and Lending
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract VAD
Protocol links Website

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