$15.3m Stolen By Woodberry May Not Be Recovered- FBI
July 6, 2020
12:06 pm
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has said that $15.3million, which is part of the money Olalekan Jacob Ponle aka Woodberry stole, was stashed away in a Bitcoin (BTC) wallet.
Woodberry was arrested alongside Ramon Olorunwa Abbas aka Hushpuppi and 10 others in Dubai, UAE over cyber-fraud involving 1.9 million victims to the tune of ₦168 billion.
They have all been extradited to the US, where they will face charges of conspiracy to commit fraud.
In an affidavit, the FBI noted that Woodberry received the said amount between January and September 2019.
Woodberry allegedly staged business email compromise (BEC) schemes …
