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Accused NFL scammer found dead in NJ pool — weeks after multimillion-dollar scheme targeting players was exposed

Nypost · · 410 words · By Bridget Reilly
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What to know about Accused NFL scammer found dead in NJ pool — weeks after multimillion-dollar scheme targeting players was exposed

Authorities are investigating the death of Mohamed Coulibaly, who has allegedly scammed many former NFL players with a fake e-commerce scheme, ABC News reported Thursday.

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What happened

Authorities are investigating the death of Mohamed Coulibaly, who has allegedly scammed many former NFL players with a fake e-commerce scheme, ABC News reported Thursday.

Why it matters

The 24-year-old was found dead in a swimming pool on Friday in Harrison Township, New Jersey.

Common ground

Police were contacted over concerns of his well-being and went over to the home for a welfare check.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The 24-year-old was found dead in a swimming pool on Friday in Harrison Township, New Jersey.”
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Multiple news sources (ABC13 Houston and other web results) confirm Coulibaly was 24 years old and found dead in a swimming pool in Harrison Township, New Jersey, on a Friday.
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Claim 2: “Authorities are investigating the death of Mohamed Coulibaly”
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Multiple independent sources (ABC7 Los Angeles, Barron's, Flipboard, and TikTok) confirm that authorities are investigating the death of Mohamed Coulibaly.
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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities are investigating the death of Mohamed Coulibaly, the alleged scammer accused of targeting multiple former NFL players with a fake e-commerce scheme.
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web search NEUTRAL — 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.
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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities are investigating the death of 24-year-old Mohamed Coulibaly, who was found in a swimming pool in New Jersey. Coulibaly had been accused of orchestrating a scheme that allegedly defrauded …
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Claim 3: “The 29-year-old, who last played in the NFL in 2023 for the Titans, threw all of his savings — $500,000 — into one of the fake web stores.”
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No evidence was provided for this specific claim in the search results.
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Claim 4: “three former NFL players admitted they collectively lost over $1 million in investments made through the Philadelphia native.”
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Multiple sources report that three former NFL players collectively lost over $1 million in investments made through Coulibaly, who is described as a Philadelphia native.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three former NFL players said they collectively lost more than $1 million in investments made with Coulibaly. "Weeks and then months went by, and Mohamed always had a different excuse for why he wasn'…
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Claim 5: “a Barron’s investigation published on July 15 that named Coulibaly as the leader of a scam to get professional athletes to buy stakes in fake Shopify stores.”
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Multiple sources confirm a Barron's investigation published on July 15 identified Coulibaly as the leader of a scam involving fake Shopify stores targeting professional athletes.
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Claim 6: “No criminal charges have been filed in connection to Coulibaly.”
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No evidence was provided to confirm or deny whether criminal charges were filed.
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Claim 7: “Former Giants linebacker Tae Crowder was an alleged victim of Coulibaly’s”
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Multiple independent sources (ABC7 Los Angeles, InvestmentNews, and other web results) identify former Giants linebacker Tae Crowder as a victim of Coulibaly's scheme.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dequartavous "Tae" Crowder (born March 12, 1997) is an American professional football linebacker for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Georgia…
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Claim 8: “Crowder, who was drafted by the Giants in the seventh round in 2020 and played with Big Blue through the 2022 season”
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web search NEUTRAL — TAE Technologies is leveraging proprietary science and engineering to address the world’s biggest challenges. We are on the path to safe, clean, commercial fusion energy, and delivering sustainable so…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 18, 2025 · Trump Media & Technology Group to Merge with TAE Technologies, a Premier Fusion Power Company, in All-Stock Transaction Valued at More Than $6 Billion
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Claim 9: “Eagles stars Nakobe Dean and Jalen Carter, Raiders’ Terrell Edmunds, rapper YG and US men’s soccer national team defender Mark McKenzie were among clients listed as well.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about dementia and general NFL season summaries. No evidence was found to confirm the specific list of clients (Nakobe Dean, Jalen Carter, etc.).
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Claim 10: “Barron’s found those transactions were “manually input” by someone with access to the backend of the shops.”
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