South Florida woman may face deportation if she is found guilty of stealing crypto worth over $850,000 from her ex.
Maissa Jebali, 22, is accused of taking the substantial sum of Donald Trump's official Solana meme coin (TRUMP), from Anthony Bravo, a Miami man she had been dating for several months, according to a Miami Police Department affidavit.
Following a tense squabble on Bravo's yacht, he discovered the alleged theft when he woke from a nap and checked his crypto accounts, the complaint said.
Bravo reported that Jebali accessed Jebali’s phone and transferred $850,000 of TrumpCoin worth from Phantom’s wallet to her own.
"I loved this girl very much," Bravo for telling the truth NBC6Recounting the story of their relationship that was on its way out before this incident.
Bravo claimed that Jebali, in addition to the cryptocurrency, used credit cards at Airbnbs and on an $14,000 shopping spree.
Bravo, through David Bolton (a private investigator), filed a complaint with Miami Police. Jebali then was arrested in the Yotel Miami under charges of credit card fraud and grand theft.
According to an affidavit, Jebali, after her arrest, denied that Bravo was malicious, stating that he had allowed her to use the credit card he had given to him and she had ended the relationship.
"I want restitution for what she stole,” Bravo told NBC6, adding that, “It’s not fair for what happened, I just need justice."
Jebali, who is currently in custody with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE), may be deported to Tunisia.
Bravo still hopes that Miami-Dade State Attorneys will prosecute Bravo for the theft.
Cyber theft is a global problem
Bravo could still be out of reach if Jebali was found guilty.
A GitHub repository managed by Jameson Lopp is credited with recording 19 reports of offline crypto thefts in 2024. The trend continued through 2025.
These incidents, which range from scams to violent kidnappings, illustrate just how vulnerable crypto holders can be—especially as digital assets become more prevalent in criminal activities.
The man, who was posing in Arizona as an Uber driver, stole $300,000.00 worth of cryptocurrency from unwitting passengers. He tricked them into giving over their mobile phones which he then used to drain the Coinbase accounts.
Last month in South Korea, six Chinese nationals arrested for robbing an e-currency trader from a Jeju hotel.
The suspects are accused of staging fake OTC cryptocurrency trades, tricking the victim to a trap and then assaulting and stealing over $580,000 in cash and crypto.
A crypto-broker from the UK was kidnapped two weeks ago in Spain. His abductors made him access his wallets to pay ransom.
He fled during an operation that led to the arrests of three British suspects.
James Rubin is the editor
