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Trump inaugural impersonators scammed donors out of crypto, feds say

UNITED STATES, JUL 4 – Fraudsters used deceptive email addresses to steal over $250,000 in USDT stablecoin from donors, with nearly 40,400 USDT seized by authorities to deter criminal activity.

  • Federal prosecutors filed a civil complaint Wednesday in Washington, D.C., alleging scammers stole over $250,000 in cryptocurrency by impersonating the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.
  • The scam involved emails sent in December that used deceptive addresses nearly identical to the legitimate committee's, tricking the victim into donating via a false email.
  • Shortly after the transfer, approximately 215,000 USDT was quickly distributed across multiple crypto wallets, among which was a Binance account linked to a Nigerian individual named Ehiremen Aigbokhan.
  • Washington U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro advised donors to carefully verify the recipient’s details before transferring cryptocurrency, while the government aims to confiscate approximately 40,400 USDT to recover assets linked to criminal activity.
  • Binance and Tether complied with freeze requests, recovering roughly half the stolen funds, but the case highlights challenges in recouping lost cryptocurrency linked to complex blockchain transfers.
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Trump inaugural impersonators scammed donors out of crypto, feds say

Scammers impersonating the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee fraudulently stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency, according to a filing.

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NBC Connecticut broke the news in Connecticut, United States on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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