Six top footballers, including World Cup winners and former Barcelona and Sevilla stars, are facing fraud charges, according to Gate News bot. Previously, a cryptocurrency company they promoted swept away millions of investors' funds. According to El Periodico, Barcelona's Fifth District Court has opened a criminal investigation into a cryptocurrency and NFT scam. Allegedly, the scam was led by a group of Spanish and Argentine businessmen, with the help of propaganda from the players. The case was filed earlier this year by 12 victims, accusing Shirtum Europa SLU and its promoters of defrauding investors of at least $3.4 million (€3 million) by selling non-functional NFTs related to footballers' portrait rights, which were purchased with the company's in-house token, SHI. Among those mentioned in the complaint are World Cup winners "Pap" Gómez and Lucas Ocampos, former Barcelona players Ivan Rakitic and Javier Saviola, as well as Nico Pareja and Alberto Moreno.

PANews June 11th news, according to Decrypt, the Fifth District Court of Barcelona is investigating a cryptocurrency fraud case involving professional football players. The company involved, Shirtum, is accused of defrauding investors of at least $3.4 million through an NFT project featuring star players. The six players involved include World Cup champion Papu Gómez, Lucas Ocampos, former Barcelona players Ivan Rakitić and Javier Saviola, as well as Nico Pareja and Alberto Moreno. Prosecutor documents show that this West-A joint venture evaded taxes through a complex corporate structure, and the player image rights NFT sold has never realized trading functionality. After the players participated in promotion as "founders," relevant social media was systematically deleted.