#  Delegate Violations: Investigation Into disruptionjoe.eth to Determine Suitability for Managing Grant Program

**URL:** <https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/delegate-violations-investigation-into-disruptionjoe-eth-to-determine-suitability-for-managing-grant-program/18987>\
**Category:** Grants Discussions\
**Tags:** delegation, proposal, governance\
**Created:** [October 17, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/delegate-violations-investigation-into-disruptionjoe-eth-to-determine-suitability-for-managing-grant-program/18987 "2023-10-17T10:43:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrantScams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GrantScams](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/GrantScams)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/delegate-violations-investigation-into-disruptionjoe-eth-to-determine-suitability-for-managing-grant-program/18987/5 "2023-10-17T13:12:20Z")

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Greetings.

Weston Nelson controls the NFTEarth account making this complaint. He also likely controls the [Crypto Cave account](https://twitter.com/crypto_cave0x) currently making physical threats of violence against @DisruptionJoe on X.

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/arbitrum1/original/2X/e/ed264a20bddb53072fdbab31a05d32c1857d9d22.png)

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/arbitrum1/original/2X/2/204713c72c904d92e2e18a54dcf18bb7c02cadf3.png)

[Crypto Cave](https://medium.com/@CryptoCave/crypto-cave-growth-and-updates-747c733e47cd) was another failed venture by @0xWeston, purporting to be a paid Discord Group. It has been [defunct since 2021](https://web.archive.org/web/20211101000000/https://www.cryptocave.network/) and the account is mainly used now to engage with and amplify Weston and NFTEarth posts.

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/arbitrum1/original/2X/c/c39599fa04f0a0a1e7fb31cbf946488eae02bf53.jpeg)

He has been using this account to attack those such as @Dicaso and @FractalVisions who raised the [previous allegations of his abuse of grants on Optimism](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nftearth-final-stip-round-1/16688/21), such as redirecting Optimism grant funds to his personal Coinbase accounts, misappropriating team funds, draining community LPs, and secretly minting himself hundreds of the NFTs he markets to unknowing users.

 ![Screenshot 2023-10-17 at 8.00.10 AM|446x500](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/arbitrum1/original/2X/b/ba573c669d27514534c1ff0b6ceee613accdec11.png)

This appears to be a pattern for Weston where he uses likely alt accounts such as [NFTEarth\_Alerts](https://twitter.com/NFTEarth_Alerts) and [SatoshiButerin0](https://twitter.com/SatoshiButerin0) to create fake engagement on his personal and [NFTEarth](https://twitter.com/NFTEarth_L2) posts and uses them to attack and threaten those who dare to speak out against his behavior.

The Arbitrum DAO should have a zero tolerance policy for this kind of behavior.

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