In 2019, this guy tricked 4 U.S companies into sending him $18M.
Then he spent it on a Rolls Royce Cullinan, a Lamborghini Urus, and one Mercedes Benz G-Class AMG G55.
For months, he didn't get caught.
Until one tiny detail brought him down🧵
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- In 2021, a popular exchange mistakenly sent this couple $10.47M instead of $100. Immediately, they moved $4M offshore, bought 4 mansions, luxury cars, furniture, and artworks. For 7 months, the company didn't notice anything. Until ONE single detail exposed them🧵
- In 2016, this couple single-handedly triggered a global Bitcoin crash. They hacked into a top exchange, stole $13.6B worth of crypto, and then started making rap music. For 6 years, they lived in New York & never got caught. Until the wife made one tiny mistake🧵
- Replying to @swipelabscryptoThe victims were real companies across the U.S. – An Iowa firm lost $188,000 – A Kansas business lost $415,000 – A Chicago company wired $2.3M – Another Chicago firm sent a jaw-dropping $15.2M Total haul: $18M stolen in less than a year.
00:00 - Replying to @swipelabscryptoBut behind the flash, he thought he was being smart. Ponle funneled the stolen money into Bitcoin, convinced it would make the trail vanish. But what he didn’t know was that the blockchain never forgets.
- Replying to @swipelabscryptoWhen it was all over, the feds took everything. – 151 Bitcoin – Rolls Royce Cullinan – Lamborghini Urus – Mercedes AMG G-Wagon – Rolex & Patek Philippe watches In 2023, Ponle pleaded guilty. By 2024, he was sentenced to 8 years in U.S. prison + $8M restitution.
- In 2023, this man was sentenced to 11,196 years in prison. Meet Faruk Fatih Özer. He stole $2.6B from 390,000 people in 2021. For months, he was declared wanted in 195 countries under the Interpol Red Notice. Until a BMW X5 parked in another country changed everything🧵
- Replying to @swipelabscryptoIn no time, the FBI went to work. They traced the stolen wires as they bounced through his money mule accounts, pulled subpoenaed bank records, and traced every transfer on the blockchain. Piece by piece, they followed the trail until 1,494 Bitcoin pointed straight back to him.
- In 2023, this American couple used Jesus to steal $1 Billion. For 4 years, they operated openly out of Florida. Together, they targeted 200,000 low-income people, ruined their lives, and then fled to Panama. Here's the DIRTY psychological trick they used🧵
- This is Jay Igbara. He's a popular Instagram influencer with over 1M followers. In 2024, he kidnapped, whipped, and threatened someone with a machete over one Instagram comment. Not because it was mean. But because it "exposed" the ONE thing he worked very hard to hide🧵
- Replying to @swipelabscryptoIt’s called Business Email Compromise (BEC). Ponle and his crew would hijack or spoof a company’s email, pose as a trusted partner, and send “updated” bank details. The result? Millions wired straight into his accounts. 📹: Goldphish Cybersecurity (YT)
00:00 - Replying to @swipelabscryptoThe same Bitcoin he thought would hide him became the tiny detail that exposed him. Plus, his bank records and his flashy Instagram flexes helped make the case airtight. By June 2020, Dubai police arrested him and expelled him to the U.S.
- Replying to @swipelabscryptoFirst, I need you to take a look at this video. Such a noble thing to do, right? We definitely need more people doing this today. But what if I tell you everything you're looking at right now was funded by stolen money?
00:00 - Replying to @swipelabscryptoYup! Meet Olalekan Jacob Ponle. In 2019, several American companies suffered over $18M in actual losses and more than $51.3M in intended losses, from him. He pulled it off using just emails. How, you may ask?
