MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright and CFO Mouna Ammari Siala reportedly fell victim to a fraud scheme, transferring over $250,000 USDT to a scammer posing as Steve Witkoff, co-chairman of the Trump Inaugural Committee. The scam involved a deceptive email address, substituting a capital 'I' with a lowercase 'l'.
U.S. Department of Justice documents reveal the wallet used in the scam is registered to Ehiremen Aigbokhan in Lagos, Nigeria. Tether has frozen approximately $40,000 USDT linked to the fraud. MoonPay has yet to comment on the incident.
MoonPay Executives Allegedly Defrauded of $250,000 by Nigerian Scammer
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