World Financial Liberty: Developer calls Trump project “new mafia”

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08.09.2025
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Crypto developer Bruno Skvorc, well-known in the Ethereum community and founder of RMRK, accuses World Liberty Financial (WLFI) of “stealing” his funds. His wallet was classified as “high-risk,” which is why he was denied access to his tokens.

I just got a reply from @worldlibertyfi. TLDR is, they stole my money, and because it's the @POTUS family, I can't do anything about it.

This is the new age mafia. There is no one to complain to, no one to argue with, no one to sue. It just… is. @zachxbt THIS is the scam of… pic.twitter.com/m6NP9VmHfd

— Bruno Skvorc (@bitfalls) September 6, 2025

In a post on X, Skvorc stated: “They stole my money. And because it's the US President's family, I can't do anything about it. This is the new mafia.” According to Skvorc, he is one of six investors whose tokens were 100 percent locked from the start. Addresses are often automatically blocked by error-prone compliance tools. Even interactions with DeFi apps, mixers like Tornado Cash, or sanctioned wallets are enough for a “high-risk” label.
On-chain analyst ZachXBT confirmed the problem, saying many compliance tools are “deeply flawed” and misclassify addresses, even due to indirect or irrelevant transactions. WLFI is a crypto project with close ties to Donald Trump's family and has long been criticized for governance and transparency issues.

The issue is majority of the time “high risk” exposure is incorrect so you cannot become reliable on compliance tools as a team.

Recently I helped a team manually review addresses for a presale because popular compliance tools labeled addresses as “high risk” and were flagged to…

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) September 6, 2025

Just recently, Tron founder Justin Sun's wallet, containing over 3 billion WLFI tokens, was frozen after blockchain data showed a transfer of over $9 million. Sun also called it an “unreasonable” action.
The Trump family is closely intertwined with the crypto scene: Donald Trump has shifted from critic to supporter, selling his own NFTs and promoting the controversial memecoin TRUMP. His son Eric Trump actively supports World Liberty Financial (WLFI). Donald Trump Jr. has also positioned himself as an advocate. Thus, the Trumps have several direct connections to crypto—from memecoins to multi-billion dollar token projects. For this, they are facing massive criticism.

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