US EditionTrump 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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Scammers Impersonate Trump Inaugural Committee to Steal Crypto
Federal prosecutors say scammers posed as the presidential inaugural committee to steal thousands in cryptocurrency. [contact-form-7] In a civil complaint filed last week — and reported on Friday (July 4) by CNBC, the U.S. attorney says the scammers used phony email addresses designed to look like they belonged to the inaugural committee to “trick or coerce victims into providing them money.” It was just the difference of one letter, cr…
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