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A Department of Justice filing seeking to seize stolen crypto funds may have accidentally named two high-profile victims: MoonPay’s CEO Ivan Soto-Wright and CFO Mouna Ammari Siala.
The filing, first flagged by Notus, outlines a fraud case in which $250,300 in USDT was sent to a wallet believed to belong to Steve Witkoff, the real estate executive and former co-chair of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. The wallet was actually controlled by a Nigerian national, Ehiremen Aigbokhan, according to Binance records cited in the DOJ’s case.
The victims, identified in the court document only as “Ivan” and “Mouna,” appear to match the names and titles of MoonPay’s top executives. On-chain data adds to the connection as Etherscan lists one of the wallets involved in the transaction as a MoonPay address. To complicate matters further, Soto-Wright was previously linked to the same wallet in a separate 2023 lawsuit alleging improper fund transfers to a personal wallet.
The scam itself relied on a relatively basic trick: email addresses that closely resembled those used by Trump’s inaugural committee. One fake address, [email protected], used a lowercase “L” in place of a capital “I”—a classic phishing move. According to the filing, IP traces led investigators to Nigeria, not the U.S.
MoonPay has not yet commented on the matter. The company, which recently received a full BitLicense from New York regulators, is currently expanding its reach across the U.S.
Meanwhile, MoonPay announced a new integration with Revolut Pay, offering one-click crypto purchases for users across Europe. The feature cuts down friction at checkout by enabling direct-from-bank crypto transactions using biometric ID or passcodes, skipping the usual headaches with card approvals or KYC delays.
The rollout covers all of MoonPay’s 500-plus crypto platforms and wallets. “Millions of Revolut users can now buy crypto with the payment method they already trust and use every day,” Soto-Wright said in a release.
Revolut Pay, launched as a one-click online checkout tool, includes built-in fraud protection and instant settlement.
