MoonPay Executives May Have Sent $250,000 To Nigerian Scammer, DoJ Filing Suggests (theblock.co)
(Monday July 14, 2025 @05:30PM (msmash)
from the oops dept.)
- Reference: 0178376258
- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/14/1837234/moonpay-executives-may-have-sent-250000-to-nigerian-scammer-doj-filing-suggests
- Source link: https://www.theblock.co/post/362339/moonpay-executives-may-have-sent-250000-to-nigerian-scammer-doj-filing-suggests
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. From a report:
> 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.
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> However, records obtained from Binance revealed that [1]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 outlet 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.
[1] https://www.theblock.co/post/362339/moonpay-executives-may-have-sent-250000-to-nigerian-scammer-doj-filing-suggests
> 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 [1]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 outlet 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.
[1] https://www.theblock.co/post/362339/moonpay-executives-may-have-sent-250000-to-nigerian-scammer-doj-filing-suggests
I guess so... (Score:4, Interesting)
by GoTeam ( 5042081 )
MoonPay advertises "MoonPay simplifies access to buy, sell and trade crypto using everyday payment methods like cards, Apple Pay, PayPal and Venmo." It seems to make it so much easier, even for Nigerian scammers.
One grifterr vs. another. (Score:2)
by jddj ( 1085169 )
Does it matter that the intended grifter didn't get paid?
If anybody wants to throw their money away (Score:2)
by FudRucker ( 866063 )
Send it to me, I could sure put it to good use
But it was a PRINCE! (Score:2)
by nospam007 ( 722110 ) *
Real royalty.
classy obfuscated payment (Score:5, Informative)
We repeat trump is not bought and paid for. Look away from the overt corruption! Did you know Biden used an autopen?
Re: (Score:2)
What - you really thought he was endosing crypto so hard because he thought it was a good idea for America? He sees it as one more way to get shady money laundered and into his accounts. It used to be Russia and Deutsche Bank. Now it'll be untraceable crypto. For just $100 you can get a gold MAGA hat made in China! Donate now! You're a hero! Donations in bitcoin plz.