On July 13, TheBlock reported that a U.S. Department of Justice document revealed that two individuals sent over 250,000 USDT to a wallet address associated with Nigerian scammers, mistakenly believing they were donating to President Trump's inaugural committee. The victims are identified as "Ivan" and "Mouna," while the CEO of crypto payment company MoonPay is Ivan Soto-Wright, and the CFO is Mouna Ammari Siala. One of the wallets involved in the fraudulent transaction was previously identified as belonging to Soto-Wright, and the wallet receiving the funds is registered under the name of Nigerian man Ehiremen Aigbokhan. [BlockBeats]

<p>July 13th, According to TheBlock, a document from the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that two individuals sent over 250,000 USDT to a wallet address associated with a Nigerian scammer, believing they were donating to the Trump Presidential Inaugural Committee. The victims are identified as "Ivan" and "Mouna," with Ivan Soto-Wright, the CEO of the cryptocurrency payment company MoonPay, and Mouna Ammari Siala, the CFO. One of the wallets involved in this scam transaction had previously been confirmed as belonging to Soto-Wright, while the wallet receiving the funds is registered under the name of Nigerian man Ehiremen Aigbokhan.</p> [BlockBeats]

USDT

MoonPay Executive Reportedly Loses Over $250,000 to Nigerian Scammer

On July 13, TheBlock reported that a document from the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that two individuals sent over 250,000 USDT to a wallet address associated with Nigerian scammers, mistakenly believing they were donating to President Trump's inaugural committee. The victims are identified as "Ivan" and "Mouna," while the CEO of crypto payment company MoonPay is Ivan Soto-Wright, and the CFO is Mouna Ammari Siala. One of the wallets involved in the fraudulent transaction had previously been identified as belonging to Soto-Wright, and the wallet receiving the funds was registered under the name of Nigerian man Ehiremen Aigbokhan. [BlockBeats]

MoonPay Executive Allegedly Scammed Out of Over $250,000 by Nigerian Fraudsters

On July 13 (UTC+8), MetaEra reported that on July 13 (UTC+8), a document filed by the U.S. Department of Justice shows that Moonpay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright and CFO Mouna Ammari Siala sent over $250,000.00 to a wallet address associated with a Nigerian scammer, mistakenly believing it was a donation to President Trump's inaugural committee. The scammer's email address, steve_witkoff@t47lnaugural.com, had the letter "L" in lowercase instead of the uppercase "I". (Source: PANews) [MetaEra]

Two MoonPay executives allegedly mistakenly transferred $250,000 to a disguised scam address.

According to The Block, NOTUS stated that a document filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to recover fraudulently obtained cryptocurrency may have inadvertently revealed that the victims of the scam were the CEO and CFO of crypto payment company MoonPay. [Foresight News]

MoonPay Executive May Have Sent $250,000 to Nigerian Scammer, US Department of Justice Documents Show

A U.S. Department of Justice document shows that MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright and CFO Mouna Ammari Siala were suspected victims of a crypto scam, transferring over $250,000 USDT to a scammer posing as the co-chair of Trump's Inaugural Committee. The scammer impersonated Steve Witkoff by replacing the uppercase "I" in the email address with a lowercase "L" to commit the fraud. [The Block]

MoonPay Executive Suspected of Crypto Scam, Mistakenly Transfers Over $250,000.00 USDT to Imposter

A Department of Justice filing aiming to recover fraudulently obtained cryptocurrency may have inadvertently revealed the scam's victims as the CEO and CFO of crypto payment firm MoonPay, as first reported by NOTUS.

The filing, which aims to seize around $40,350 in USDT frozen by Tether, reveals that two victims sent $250,300 in USDT to a person posing as Steve Witkoff, co-chair of the President Trump's inaugural committee. However, records obtained from Binance revealed that the wallet that received the funds was registered to Ehiremen Aigbokhan, a man based in Lagos, Nigeria.

The victims are identified in the filing only as "Ivan" and "Mouna." However, as NOTUS noticed, Crypto payment firm Moonpay's CEO is Ivan Soto-Wright and its CFO is Mouna Ammari Siala. Furthermore, a wallet involved in the $250,300 transaction is listed by Etherscan as a MoonPay wallet.

A separate lawsuit filed in 2023 alleged Soto-Wright used the same wallet to fund a personal wallet. MoonPay did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Block.

While some scams in crypto have sophisticated on-chain exploits at their root, this scam appears to be simpler: the scammer's email, [email protected], contained a lowercase 'L' instead of a capital 'I,' a common tactic used to disguise one address as another, as the two letters look identical in many sans-serif fonts. The scammer used another address disguised in a similar manner: [email protected].

"IP geolocation data consistently showed emails from these accounts originating from Nigeria, and not the United States," the filing states. "It appeared likely that Aigbokhan received an international transfer of funds from the U.S. to Nigeria as a result of his fraudulent activity."

MoonPay in June received approval to offer its services in all 50 U.S. states after receiving a BitLicense from New York regulators.

MoonPay executives may have sent $250,000 to Nigerian scammer, DoJ filing suggests

7月13日，TheBlock报道称，美国司法部的一份文件显示，两名个人向一个与尼日利亚骗子相关的钱包地址发送了超过25万USDT，他们误以为是在向特朗普总统的就职委员会捐款。受害者被确认名为“Ivan”和“Mouna”，而加密支付公司MoonPay的CEO是Ivan Soto-Wright，CFO是Mouna Ammari Siala。涉及此次欺诈交易的钱包之一此前被确认属于Soto-Wright，接收资金的钱包则登记在尼日利亚男子Ehiremen Aigbokhan名下。[BlockBeats]

据称，MoonPay一名高管被尼日利亚诈骗团伙骗取了超过25万美元。

7月13日，TheBlock報道稱，美國司法部的一份文件顯示，兩名個人向一個與尼日利亞騙子相關的錢包地址發送了超過25萬USDT，他們誤以爲是在向特朗普總統的就職委員會捐款。受害者被確認名爲“Ivan”和“Mouna”，而加密支付公司MoonPay的CEO是Ivan Soto-Wright，CFO是Mouna Ammari Siala。涉及此次欺詐交易的錢包之一此前被確認屬於Soto-Wright，接收資金的錢包則登記在尼日利亞男子Ehiremen Aigbokhan名下。[BlockBeats]