EFCC Arrests Man Over $200,000 Cryptocurrency Scam In Lagos

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), agos Zonal Command, have arrested a man named as Precious Ofure Omonkhoa for an alleged bitcoin investment scam.

Omonkhoa, Who was arrested on November 8, 2021 in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, following credible intelligence received by the Commission about the alleged scam.

According to a statement signed by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren the allegedly posed as Moshem Cnich, a Swedish national, to defraud unsuspecting victims of their hard- earned money by claiming that he runs a bitcoin scheme, where people invest money to make huge returns.
Preliminary investigation also revealed that the suspect engaged in a dating scam and had defrauded two victims in Canada.

Upon his arrest, the suspect confessed to have laundered the proceeds of his fraudulent activities by purchasing a piece of land worth $150,000USD (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) through bitcoin from CASA-Cubana, a project being run by the Cubana Group.

his arrest, the sum of $50,000USD was found in his bitcoin wallet , the suspect will soon be charged to court.

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