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Burwick, a leading case against the pump.fun, claims that the platform allowed offensive tokens, targeting his family in an effort to intimidate him.
Pump.fun, a widely used meme coin launchpad built on Solana Blockchain (Sol), gained attraction as a platform on which users can create, trade and speculate on the chips within minutes.
Although promoted excitement in the Degen trade community, it also caused concern about the manipulation on the market, withdrawing rugs and unregistered securities.
Over the past month, Pump.fun has become the center of legal battle, facing multiple lawsuits from Burwick’s law, stating that the platform profits from artificial inflatable tokens before they inevitably collapse.
What began as a regulatory and financial dispute, has now taken on a personal dimension.
The legal struggle, led by lawyer Max Burwick, escalated outside the courtroom, and Burwick claimed that Pump.fun was used to target him and his family.
The tokens relating to their cognitively disabled sister, their widow mother and the efforts to raise funds are allegedly related to them appeared on the platform.
In a Crypto.news statement he said:
“I expect opposition in my work, but I will not tolerate threats and harassment aimed at my family.”
Before addressing these allegations, it is important to examine the legal battle that has led to this situation.
The first major lawsuit against Pump.fun was filed on January 16 Burwick Law and Wolf Popper LLP. The appeal has accused the platform for violating US securities law, facilitating the sale of unregistered securities under the guise of Meme Token.
The case focused on a peanut squirrel (pnut), a token that allegedly experienced an increase in artificial price due to promotions of influence, only to soon collapse – leaving merchants with significant losses.
On January 30, the second lawsuit spread allegations against Baton Corporation Ltd, operator Pump.fun -a key individuals behind the platform.
This time, the appeal accused the company for running a pump and landfill model, drawing nearly $ 500 million from retailers, and aggressive marketing tokens that later lost most of their values.
Investor Diego Aguilar, one of the plaintiffs, cited his losses on chips such as Fwog and Griffin, which were strongly promoted before they experienced a sharp drop in prices.
Until February 5, a legal campaign escalated by Burwick Law -ai Wolf Popper LLP. The letter required a number of token removal that allegedly abuse names, including Dogshit2 and others related to their companies.
The letter warned that the continuation of inactivity could result in further legal consequences, claiming that these unauthorized token schedules are not only deceptive but also legally effective.
Although the lawsuits against Pump.fun were already significant, the situation further escalated when users allegedly created very offensive tokens that were targeting Burwick and his family.
Among the chips were “Aid to Sister Max Burwick (Rachel)” and “Max Burwick Retard sister (Rachel)”, referring to her sister with cognitively disabled. Others allegedly used a picture of their mother.
Burwick has since filed a police report and escalated the situation in a criminal investigation. Talking about the matter, he stated:
“As a lawyer, my responsibility is zealous to represent my clients. I expect opposition in my work, but I will not tolerate threats and harassment aimed at my family. Pump.fun made it easier and continues to facilitate the sale of tokens containing my family’s personal information, including images of my bereaved Mothers – whose husband, my father, passed away less than a year ago – and my cognitively disabled sister. “
In addition to targeting their family, Burwick claims that these tokens are used for unauthorized efforts to raise funds, misleading the public to believe that the funds are directed towards his family when they are not.
“This is not just a targeted harassment, but it is a direct attempt to intimidate that I am dealing with a lawsuit on behalf of my clients. Still disturbing, the platform allows unauthorized efforts to raise funds using these images, misleading the public to believe that these efforts use my family when they do not. “
Burwick emphasized that these actions would not distract him from the case.
“As a result, I submitted a police report and escalated that question in a criminal investigation. I expect my family to do the same. These tactics will not distract me from the rematch of my clients, to the best of my abilities and within the borders of the law.”
There was also a thought about the emotional tribute that the situation took over his family, especially his sister, who he said he did not understand what was happening at all.
“It is sad to see people who use my sister in this way. It will not understand it because it is so limited in its cognitive abilities, but it says a lot about people and their priorities. Her photo was taken from the right to raise funds.”
Crypto.news has not yet been able to reach the pump. Fun to comment on that development.