Man accused of scamming NFL players out of millions found dead in NJ pool

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.

The 24-year-old was found dead in a swimming pool on Friday in Harrison Township, New Jersey. Police were contacted over concerns of his well-being and went over to the home for a welfare check.

The death follows 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.

Mohamed Coulibaly attends the PDF show “Life Al Dente! The Family Recipe” during Milan Fashion Week Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 on Monday, January 19, 2026, in Milan, Italy. Dave Benett/Getty Images

Former Giants linebacker Tae Crowder was an alleged victim of Coulibaly’s after connecting with him through a friend.

Additionally, three former NFL players admitted they collectively lost over $1 million in investments made through the Philadelphia native.

“The athletes and other investors would buy into these e-commerce shops that seemed to be doing really good business based on the sales logs that they were able to review,” Barron’s magazine reported. “But we were able to determine that those transactions were manually input by somebody with access to the backend of these stores. And the purpose of this was to, to make these athletes think that they had these successful investments in these shops.”

Coulibaly denied the allegations to Barron’s.

No criminal charges have been filed in connection to Coulibaly.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.