American actor Seth Green has bought back the NFT stolen from him in May 2022 from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC). He disclosed this during a Twitter Space appearance.
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Happening now
Join me https://t.co/GeByqCjlak— Seth Green (@SethGreen) June 9, 2022
In early May, Green was the victim of a phishing attack, resulting in the loss of four non-fungible tokens, including BAYC #8398. The latter was supposed to be a character in the actor’s new show, White Horse Tavern.
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Well frens it happened to me. Got phished and had 4NFT stolen. @BoredApeYC @opensea @doodles @yugalabs please don’t buy or trade these while I work to resolve:@DarkWing84 looks like you bought my stolen ape- hit me up so we can fix it pic.twitter.com/VL1OVnd44m
— Seth Green (@SethGreen) May 17, 2022
The stolen ‘Sleepy Ape’ was subsequently sold to user DarkWing84 for 106.5 ETH (~$271,400 at the time). In an interview with BuzzFeed, the collector claimed to have acquired the NFT stolen from the actor "on legitimate grounds".
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Green, in turn, threatened DarkWing84 with legal action. Later the parties agreed to a personal meeting. It is unclear how the conversation ended, but the collector agreed to return the asset.
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According to Etherscan, Green transferred 165 ETH to the DarkWing84 address — more than $286,000 at the rate at the time of writing.
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OpenSea flagged BAYC #8398 as linked to "suspicious activity". This means the token cannot be bought or sold on the platform. As a result, the parties decided to conduct the deal on the NFT Trader marketplace.
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In May 2022 the High Court of Singapore imposed a ban on the sale of BAYC NFTs as part of a dispute over a loan agreement.
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