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I would say that it is well deserved. They tried to indirectly bribe a president for pushing their own interests. The money is probably better funding Nigerian families than going to Trump's team.

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"Nigerian families" is a very rose-tinted view of a scam operator.

Especially when the "Nigerian" is Ghanaian, Russian or Eastern European.

Or is a Nigerian abroad in Dubai/Singapore

What was indirect about it? Donating to the inauguration fund was clearly and directly a bribe.

I tend to agree with you, but out of curiosity, do you think that was also true for inaugural fund donations for Biden, Obama, Bush, Clinton, etc?

Did those presidents turn around and reward (or not punish as the result there of) the way the current one does/has?

I think cause and effect need to be looked at to evaluate what's happening.

Money laundering firm accidentally launders money to wrong money launderer, basically.

They were also directly responsible for the bored ape NFT pump and dump in 2021.

I was asking about the word "irony" and someone directed me to this post. Am I in the right place?

take the down voteing as an afirmative. I was just surprised to see that the Nigerean scam industry was adapting and thriving, as it seemed that they had lost there mojo to other countrys inspite of bieng very early inovators in the international telecom scam market. Or perhaps this is a younger crew, and the more experienced Nigerian scammers are working as consultants for NK, Thailand, etc.

Oh I'm sure I'm being downvoted for my "snarkery" (which I don't mind wading into from time to time when the target seems deserving).

250k must be chump change compared to what they gained then

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