The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recently arrested 792 individuals involved in crypto romance scams. The arrests were made following a raid on a building suspected to be a hub for fraudsters operating bogus cryptocurrency projects. Among the suspects, there are 148 Chinese citizens and 40 Filipino nationals. The gang operated from a luxury building in Lagos, targeting mainly American, Canadian, and European victims through phishing schemes. The EFCC seized computers, phones, and vehicles during the raid and is collaborating with international partners to investigate potential links to organized crime. In a separate incident, the EFCC also detained a Nigerian man accused of defrauding 139 Australians in a cryptocurrency scam.



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