Nigerian fraudster, who spent Trump confidant Steve Witkoff, stole 250,000 USD from a political donor in cryptocurrency.

A fraudster in Nigeria who spent Steve Witkoff-a long-time ally of US President Donald Trump and co-chair of the Trump-Vance-Inautural Committee-has a potential political donor, according to a recently published press release from the US lawyer, for the District of Columbia in Cryptocurrency stolen.

According to court documents, the fraudster created a fake email address that was very similar to Witkoff's legitimate Trump-Vance-Inaugural-Mail address, and was able to obtain at least one donor to pay USDT.EHT worth $ 250,000 on the fraudwas. Although the fraudster then took measures to underwire money from his illegally obtained funds, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was able to (FBI) Ensure and freeze 40,300 USDT.EHT, half of which were found in a bony account in the name of married Aigbokhan, a screens based in Lagos or so-called “Yahoo Boy”.

The US Prosecutor's Office has taken steps to return the resolved funds to the victim. However, over $ 210,000 in cryptocurrencies sent to the fraudsters have not yet been recovered.

“All donors should carefully check whether they send cryptocurrencies to the intended recipient,” said US Prosecutor Jeanine Ferris Pirro in a statement. “It can be extremely difficult for the law enforcement agencies to get lost funds due to the complex nature of the blockchain. Nevertheless, my office with our partners is ready in prison to accept it with criminals and help the victims to their rights.”

According to several sourceslocal“”Media companyUS officials strive to issue a formal arrest warrant against Aigbokhan.

Witkoff and his son Zach maintain close connections to the main crypto project of the Trump family, World Liberty Financial.

Binance and Tether both cooperated with the investigation of the government, the US Ministry of Justice said.