Scammers sent fake Trump inauguration emails to steal over $250,000 in crypto from donor
An online scammer tricked a Trump supporter out of more than $250,000 dollars worth of cryptocurrency by pretending to be part of the president’s 2025 inaugural committee, federal officials alleged this week.
In late December, the fraudsters sent out emails “purporting to be Steve Witkoff,” then the co-chair of the committee, soliciting over $250,000 worth of USDT.ETH cryptocurrency, prosecutors alleged in a federal court complaint.
The victim paid the funds, and the crypto was soon distributed across “numerous other…
