FBI Tracks $250,000 Trump Inauguration Scam To Lagos-Based Fraudster

<blockquote><b>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has filed a legal complaint seeking to confiscate assets belonging to Lagos-based fraudster Ehiremen Aigbokhan, accused of masterminding a cryptocurrency scam that diverted over 460 million ($250,000) intended for Donald Trumps 2025 presidential inauguration, <a rel=ugc href="https://news360ng.com/fbi-traces-250000-trump-inauguration-scam-to-lagos-fraudster/">News360 Nigeria</a> reports.</b><br><br>According to court documents from the United States, Aigbokhan and his syndicate used a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme to impersonate officials from the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.<br><br><b>The group reportedly created fake email addresses that closely mimicked those of Steve Witkoff, a real estate magnate and co-chair of the event, to mislead an unsuspecting donor.<br><br>The scam was carried out on December 26, 2024, when the fraudsters successfully tricked the donor into transferring 250,300 USDT.ETH, a form of cryptocurrency, valued at over 400 million at the time.<br></b><br>The funds were immediately dispersed across multiple digital wallets, with about 215,000 USDT.ETH moved within a few days.<br><br><b>Prompt action by the FBI and cryptocurrency company Tether led to the detection of the fraudulent transaction, with the affected accounts frozen by December 31.<br><br>Further investigation traced Aigbokhans operations to Lagos, Nigeria, prompting intensified efforts by U.S. authorities to clamp down on the syndicate.</b><br><br>Aigbokhan is also being sought in connection with other cryptocurrency-related fraud and money laundering activities.<br></blockquote><a rel=ugc href="https://news360ng.com/fbi-traces-250000-trump-inauguration-scam-to-lagos-fraudster/">https://news360ng.com/fbi-traces-250000-trump-inauguration-scam-to-lagos-fraudster/</a>
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