‘Hawk Tuah’ girl Haliey Welch has opened up about what really happened with the HAWK memecoin scam.

The Tennessee internet sensation was accused of doing a ‘pump and dump’ in December 2024 after the coin’s market cap soared to an eye-watering $490 million before losing more than 95 percent of its value within hours.

Also known as a ‘rug pull’, it’s where promoters draw in buyers, only to stop trading activity and take off with the money raised from sales.

In a recent interview on Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, the 23-year-old again claimed that she was cleared by the FBI and SEC, stating that she didn’t understand what was going on.

“The day the coin launched I actually had, I think two podcasts that day and the guy that was in the room…