FBI investigating Ozy over impersonation of YouTube exec in a conference call ...

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The co-founder of Ozy Media is facing an FBI probe after allegedly impersonating a YouTube executive in a conference call with Goldman Sachs to convince the Wall Street giant to close in on a $40million investment in the start-up media company.

Samir Rao, the co-founder and chief operating officer (COO) of the digital media company, is being accused of pretending to be Alex Piper, YouTube's head of unscripted programming, to vouch for Ozy in a call with Goldman Sachs in February, according to a New York Times report published Sunday.

Ozy arranged a Zoom meeting with Goldman Sachs officials and let them know that Piper would be there to give statistics about Ozy's success on YouTube. The day of the meeting, however, an email appearing to come from Piper explained that he was late and requested that the meeting be moved to a conference call, according to four sources briefed on the meeting, the Times reported.