ZachXBT Links ZKasino Scam Figure to New Crypto Project WhiteRock

On-chain analyst ZachXBT has raised concerns about a potential link between a figure involved in the $30 million ZKasino alleged scam and a new cryptocurrency project called WhiteRock (WHITE). ZachXBT's findings, posted on X on June 16, suggest that the same individual may be directing activities for WhiteRock, which surfaced in December 2024 with an anonymous team and unverifiable claims about a USDX reserve.

ZachXBT provided evidence by identifying an influencer who received payments from a wallet associated with WhiteRock. This wallet also aggregated deposits traceable to ZKasino’s treasury. Separate transfers in February and March showed identical amounts exiting a ZKasino wallet and entering WhiteRock addresses through Monero bridges, indicating a potential financial connection between the two projects.

A personal link further tightens the overlap. An address that deployed WhiteRock’s contracts exchanged messages with [email protected], an email tied to a Chess.com account using the handle “IldarTheGrandMaster.” Ildar Ilham, also known as “Prometheus” in the ZKasino episode, has used the alias “Goedel” across multiple developer channels. ZachXBT stated that this match “confirms at least one ZKasino founder directs WhiteRock activity.” He urged centralized venues MEXC and Gate.io to delist WHITE or perform deeper vetting, citing a pattern of raising capital, cycling funds through privacy rails, and abandoning stated roadmaps in projects like Syncus and Zigzag.

Court dates for Ilham and two other ZKasino co-founders, Elham Nourzai and Lior Ben Zakan, have not yet appeared on public dockets. WhiteRock’s website lists no corporate entity, and project administrators did not respond to email queries sent by ZachXBT on Sunday.

ZKasino raised more than $30 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) during a 2024 presale, but instead of building the advertised gambling platform, the project diverted user assets. The Dutch financial crime agency arrested the co-founder, known online as “Derivatives Monke,” in April 2024 and seized related infrastructure. Two associates, Ilham and Lior Ben Zakan, operated from the Middle East at that time, according to court filings. Transactions tracked after Nourzai’s late 2024 release show the stolen ETH moving through zkSync, Starknet, Solana, and multiple EVM-compatible chains. Wallet owners routed funds to over-the-counter brokers, swapped tokens for Monero via instant exchanges, and on, breaking asset provenance while funneling capital toward new ventures.