It's unclear if that money funded van der Sloot's trip to Colombia and into Peru, where authorities said he confessed this week to killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez. Play 
 
 Family members have told ABC News that the target of the alleged extortion plot was Holloway's mother, Beth Twitty. The FBI and U.S. attorney's office in Birmingham arranged for a meeting where van der Sloot was paid $10,000 in cash and another $15,000 in a wire transfer for information van der Sloot allegedly promised would lead to Holloway's body in Aruba, a source familiar with the case said. "He didn't know about it ... and he just didn't have very much to say about it because he was not involved," the attorney said. Although the investigation involving alleged extortion had been in motion for several weeks at the time of Flores' death, "it was not sufficiently developed to bring charges prior to the time van der Sloot left Aruba," the FBI statement said. "This is not due to any fault on the part of the FBI or the U.S. attorney's office, where agents and prosecutors were working as hard as possible to bring the case to fruition when they learned of the murder. "A case based on events outside of the United States is a complex matter, and work was proceeding with all deliberate speed to prepare the evidence, the charges and the necessary procedures to obtain custody of van der Sloot," the statement said. Peru Cops Looking for Links to Natalee Holloway 
 
 The FBI also said that reports that the feds provided the money to van der Sloot were inaccurate, saying, "The funds involved were private funds." In Peru, investigators are leaning on van der Sloot to give them information about Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba during a school trip. "We did some technical work" and "worked together," Stein said. Van der Sloot to Take Investigators to Scene of the Crime 
 
 Dave Holloway, Natalee Holloway's father, told "Good Morning America" Tuesday that search teams had been assembled in Aruba in case Peruvian investigators are able to glean any more information about the teenager's disappearance.
– FBI officials yesterday denied they bungled a case against Joran Van der Sloot after paying him up to $25,000, which he apparently used to travel to Peru where he murdered a young woman. Investigators set up an extortion sting for Van der Sloot last month after he reportedly demanded cash from Natalee Holloway's mom in exchange for information about her daughter's remains in Aruba, where he remains a prime suspect in the teen's disappearance. Officials issued an arrest warrant on extortion charges against him shortly after Van der Sloot admitted killing Stephany Flores Ramirez, 21, in his hotel room, notes ABC News. "The Birmingham investigation was not related to the murder in Peru," said an FBI statement. "Despite having been in motion for several weeks at the time of Miss Flores' death, it was not sufficiently developed to bring charges prior to the time van der Sloot left Aruba." Officials also said cash paid to Van der Sloot came from "private funds," contradicting reports that the fee came from the FBI. CNN reported earlier yesterday that the money—$10,00 in cash and $15,000 paid to Van der Sloot's Dutch bank account—was provided by Natalee's mom, Beth Twitty Holloway.