This ICE-snitching app is actually promoting a meme coin
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Summary
Right-wing influencers in the US are promoting ICERAID, an app that lets users report sightings of undocumented immigrants and earn crypto tokens for doing so.
The app was promoted on social media by conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, media personality Jacob Engels, and former Republican rep Matt Gaetz.
There is no evidence that the app actually rewards users for their reports, and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) already has a tip line for reports of this kind.
The app merely promotes a new meme coin of the same name, which was deliberately delayed multiple times before its launch.
Founder Jason Meyers has also been accused of misappropriating funds while working at an earlier company.