Yelo (yelotree)
Summary
Yelo, known online as @yelotree, is a crypto key opinion leader (KOL) and former professional Fortnite esports player with approximately 180,000 Twitter followers who also operated a luxury car rental business in Miami. As of May 2026, Yelo faces federal criminal charges alleging he laundered funds stolen from cryptocurrency holders through that rental business, with a potential sentence of up to 30 years. Separately, Yelo participated in undisclosed paid promotion of the Sharpei memecoin on Solana in October 2024, which subsequently suffered a documented rug pull that erased 96% of its market value.
Connected Entities
3 entities · 10 linked investigations- FUzmXLDZr3vUDu3foty6562iQBJPUDcBXF7wTrV8AiX→mentioned with→Yelo (yelotree)(50%)
- EbRNSUocCutoNgMjWLUYRMEaVCo23ard3BNSWYv4BAGS→mentioned with→Yelo (yelotree)(50%)
Timeline(6 events)
2018-08-01
Yelo begins producing regular Fortnite content and competing professionally, later joining FaZe Clan and Luminosity Gaming.
PANews / ZachXBT reporting2024-07-01
Yelotree is alleged to have received payment from the Sharpei memecoin project for promotional services, approximately three months before the token's public launch.
Decrypt2024-10-23
Sharpei (SHAR) launches on Solana and reaches a reported $54 million market cap through influencer promotion. Yelotree posts about the project without disclosing prior payment. The token collapses 96.3% in approximately two seconds; $3.4 million is extracted via coordinated insider wallets.
Decrypt2026-03-14
185 BTC (approximately $13 million) is stolen from a victim via social engineering. Funds are subsequently traced through a network including co-conspirators Dritan Kapllani Jr. and Trenton Johnson.
Cryptopolitan / CryptoPotato2026-05-11
US federal authorities unseal a criminal complaint against Trenton Johnson (also identified as Trenton Richard David Johnston) in connection with the 185 BTC theft, charging him with offenses carrying up to 40 years in prison.
CryptoTimes2026-05-12
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT publicly identifies Dritan Kapllani Jr. as an alleged co-conspirator in the $19 million social engineering theft network and simultaneously reports that Yelo (@yelotree) has been criminally charged for allegedly laundering stolen funds through his Miami luxury car rental business, facing up to 30 years in prison.
ZachXBT on X / Cryptopolitan / PANewsDecision Log
- hash: GKZegsnVa49vUfoJCaD4izga9Y4PQRTMbXX1UEy22Kmz
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 6/4/2026, 8:52:59 PM
last updated: 6/4/2026, 8:53:31 PM
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