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March 7, 2025

Trump launches U.S. bitcoin reserve with massive digital assets forfeited by Hushpuppi, Mr Woodberry, other criminals

The FBI seized 151.8 bitcoin from Nigerian internet fraudster Olalekan Jacob Ponle, popularly called Mr Woodberry.

June 30, 2023

U.S. prosecutors ask judge to jail Mr Woodberry for 14 years with $8 million restitution to victims

The prosecutors described Mr Woodberry’s offence as “serious” and alleged that the Instagram celebrity “attempted to cause greater harm to victims.”

Oyindamola Olubajo

January 27, 2022

Multimillion-dollar Fraud: Mr Woodberry’s U.S. hearing holds March

The jury’s eight-count charge of wire fraud still holds, meaning Mr Ponle stands to forfeit, to the U.S. government, any property derived from proceeds in his offences.

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