Mastermind of alleged scheme targeting NFL players found dead
Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of Mohamed Coulibaly, the founder of an e-commerce scheme that recruited professional athletes to invest in seemingly bogus websites.
Coulibaly, 24, was found dead Friday evening in the swimming pool of a Mullica Hill home by police responding to calls from a family member concerned about his well being, said Lieutenant Kurt Pflugfelder of the Harrison Township Police Department in South Jersey.
Pflugfelder referred further questions to a spokesperson for the Gloucester County prosecutor’s office, who had no immediate comment.
Three former NFL players interviewed for an article published last month by Barron’s collectively say they lost more than $1 million across separate investments with Coulibaly. Nearly two dozen additional current and former pro athletes and other public figures are named as clients on a pitch deck viewed by Barron’s that Coulibaly had circulated to potential investors.
Coulibaly told investors that they were buying ownership of Shopify-powered web stores, which purportedly sold items such as motorized water guns, hand-held electric fans, and smartphone cases. He then provided the shop owners with login credentials to track activity on the stores’ internal dashboards.
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Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of Mohamed Coulibaly, the founder of an e-commerce scheme that recruited professional athletes to invest in seemingly bogus websites.
Coulibaly, 24, was found dead Friday evening in the swimming pool of a Mullica Hill home by police responding to calls from a family member concerned about his well being, said Lieutenant Kurt Pflugfelder of the Harrison Township Police Department in South Jersey.
Pflugfelder referred further questions to a spokesperson for the Gloucester County prosecutor’s office, who had no immediate comment.
Three former NFL players interviewed for an article published last month by Barron’s collectively say they lost more than $1 million across separate investments with Coulibaly. Nearly two dozen additional current and former pro athletes and other public figures are named as clients on a pitch deck viewed by Barron’s that Coulibaly had circulated to potential investors.
Coulibaly told investors that they were buying ownership of Shopify-powered web stores, which purportedly sold items such as motorized water guns, hand-held electric fans, and smartphone cases. He then provided the shop owners with login credentials to track activity on the stores’ internal dashboards.
rest of the article
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