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‘Hawk Tuah' Creator Haliey Welch Says FBI Knocked On Her Grandmother’s Door After Failed Crypto Launch
- Haliey Welch, known as 'Hawk Tuah Girl,' faced FBI and SEC investigations after the December 2024 launch and collapse of her $HAWK memecoin on the Solana blockchain.
- The coin's rapid decline from a $500 million market cap to under $100 million led to investor lawsuits and allegations of a pump and dump, which Welch denied despite admitting limited crypto knowledge.
- Welch emphasized she only earned a marketing fee, was not paid in $HAWK tokens, cooperated fully with authorities, and was cleared of wrongdoing without being named in any lawsuits.
- Welch described the FBI knocking on her grandmother's door, stated, "I don't have anything to hide," and expressed regret over fans' trust, advising influencers to be cautious about endorsements.
- The $HAWK controversy affected Welch’s public presence, causing her podcast hiatus and social media silence, while critics and commentators remained skeptical of her explanations and innocence.
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Hawk Tuah Girl Admits She Knew Essentially Zero About Crypto When Her Disastrous Meme Coin Launched
Influencer Haliey Welch, who rose to fame as the "Hawk Tuah" girl from a viral TikTok video last year, became the epicenter of a major controversy after launching a dubious cryptocurrency meme coin called $HAWK in December. The token hit the roof in mere hours, reaching a market cap of almost half a billion dollars, before plummeting back down and leaving investors hanging out to dry. The events cemented it as yet another classic pump-and-dump, …
Haliey Welch Passes the Buck on Hawk Tuah Coin After December’s HAWK Scandal
Haliey Welch, better known as “Hawk Tuah Girl,” is now distancing herself from last December’s failed HAWK memecoin — despite previously calling it a fully compliant, fan-focused token she was proud to launch.In a new episode of her Talk Tuah podcast, Welch claimed she was questioned by the FBI and handed over her phone to the SEC, but was ultimately “cleared” of wrongdoing.“They went through my phone, so they cleared me. I was good to go,” she …
‘Hawk Tuah’ girl Haliey Welch ‘didn’t know’ how crypto worked before meme coin disaster — as viral celeb finally speaks out: ‘I got talked into it’
Threats of violence, financial decimation and a visit from the FBI followed the launch of $HAWK. Now the Hawk Tua girl comes clean on what went down and how she had no knowledge of how cryptocurrency worked.
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