Document an NFT roadmap without treating every delay as fraud

Save the offer that existed at purchase

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Keep dated copies of the roadmap, terms and messages you relied on. Identify whether a benefit was guaranteed, conditional or aspirational. Record the collection's exact name, network and contract address. The Mutant Ape Planet case illustrates why both the wording and the identity need precision.

Build a delivery record

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List milestones, announced revisions and what was actually delivered. Preserve explanations from the team without assuming they are true or false. A delay establishes a delay; claims about intentional deception require more evidence. If money movements are discussed, distinguish verified transactions from unsupported interpretations of who controlled an address.

Report facts rather than a label alone

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If you suspect fraud, organise the payment history and communications around the specific representations that concern you. Avoid accusing a similarly named project or publishing personal information about unrelated people. The FTC's guidance supports scepticism about guaranteed returns, but no checklist can determine intent from a failed roadmap alone. Keep uncertainty explicit when the record is incomplete.

Make a roadmap evidence matrix

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For each promised benefit, save the exact wording, date, responsible party, stated deadline and delivery evidence. Keep marketing changes as new versions. Separate a missed deadline from evidence of diversion or an admission; do not infer the latter solely from a price decline. Record the precise collection name and contract address to avoid confusing similarly named projects. The matrix helps organise a report using information already available to you, without requiring contact with suspected operators or public accusations against unrelated holders.

Add a procedural-status row to your evidence matrix

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Record the exact collection and defendant alongside the case number. For Michel, label the 14 November 2023 hearing minute as a plea record and the 1 November 2024 outcome as reported sentencing. Do not turn a publisher’s summary into a quotation from the judge. Keep the source, publication date, event date and document type in separate fields; a court copy obtained later can then replace the secondary entry without rewriting the underlying purchase evidence.

Record checked on 25 October 2026

Plea verified in DOJ and the RECAP hearing minute. The November 2024 sentence is attributed to secondary reporting; the signed judgment and later docket history were not obtained.