According to Steve Witkoff, a long-time ally of U.S. President Donald Trump and co-chair of Trump’s ten-time inauguration committee, a Nigerian fraudster, stole about $250,000 in cryptocurrency from possible political donors.
According to court documents, the scammer created a fraudulent email address that was very similar to the first Trump commission of Witkoff’s legal, and was able to trick at least one donor into depositing $250,000 worth of USDT.ETH into the scammer’s wallet. Although the fraudsters then took steps to launder money, the FBI (FBI) Ability to recover and freeze 40,300 USDT.ETH, half of which were found in the binance account under the name of ehiremen aigbokhan, a fraudster or “Yahoo Boy” based in Lagos.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has proposed to return the recovered funds to the victims. The $210,000 cryptocurrency that has not been recycled to the scammers.
“All donors should double and triple check whether they are sending cryptocurrencies to the intended recipients,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said in a statement. “For law (law enforcement), compensation for lost funds can be very difficult due to the extremely complex nature of blockchain. However, my office and our law enforcement partners are ready to go to the criminals with the criminals to make the victims whole.”
According to multiple Local mediaU.S. officials are seeking a formal warrant for Aigbokhan.
Witkoff and his son Zach are closely linked to World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s main crypto project.
The U.S. Department of Justice said used cars and shackles are working with government investigations.
