The man who almost destroyed $PUMP {spot}(PUMPUSDT) Fun:
- former $PUMP Fun employee from Canada - known online as Jarrett Dunn - once homeless, later found a job in crypto - diagnosed with schizophrenia at 20
May 2024:
- #pump Fun reports an exploit - $80,000,000 drained from the platform - users fear the hack could crash SOL price
hours later:
- Jarrett reveals himself as the attacker - used his private key access and flash loan exploit - says his goal was to destroy PumpFun for “hurting the community”
the Robin Hood act
- Jarrett airdrops stolen funds to random $SOL {spot}(SOLUSDT) Sol wallets - targets meme communities and small traders - some call him “the Crypto Robin Hood”
the arrest
- Jarrett was fully doxxed from the start - did not hide, saying he was ready to face prison - Canadian police arrested him hours after the hack
behind the crime
- mental health struggles and recent loss of his mother - friends describe him as “broken but kind”
the trial
- Jarrett pleads guilty to stealing around $2M of the $80M - his lawyers quit the case after his sudden decision - judge delays sentencing while new lawyers are assigned
2025: the sentence
- Jarrett goes to prison for the $2M theft - PumpFun survives and becomes stronger after the exploit