FBI pursues Lagos Yahoo Boy for defrauding U.S. President Donald Trump

FBI Targets Nigerian Fraudster in ₦460M Trump 2025 Inauguration Crypto Scam

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a civil forfeiture action to seize assets linked to Ehiremen Aigbokhan, a Lagos-based Nigerian Fraudster accused of stealing over ₦460 million ($250,000) in cryptocurrency donations intended for U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration.

The FBI is also seeking an arrest warrant for Aigbokhan, who allegedly orchestrated a sophisticated Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme targeting Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee donors.In the lead-up to the January 20, 2025, inauguration, fraudsters created deceptive email addresses, such as

@t47lnaugural.com, impersonating the official@t47inaugural.com used by Steve Witkoff, co-chair of the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. On December 26, 2024, a victim was tricked into sending 250,300 USDT.ETH (worth over ₦400M at black market rates) to a cryptocurrency wallet controlled by the Nigerian Fraudster.

Within days, the perpetrators transferred 215,000 USDT.ETH across multiple crypto wallets. The FBI, with assistance from Tether, froze the accounts on December 31, 2024, recovering 20,017 USDT.ETH from Aigbokhan’s wallet and 20,336 USDT.ETH from another address, totaling over ₦60M.

The agency traced the scam to Aigbokhan via a Binance.com account he opened in October 2024, which received funds directly from the fraudulent wallet.Digital forensics linked the fake email accounts and crypto transactions to Lagos, Nigeria, with IP data confirming Aigbokhan’s involvement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Blaylock Jr. is now seeking court approval to forfeit the seized assets to compensate victims of this high-profile cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme.

Source: PeopeGazttete