JUST IN: EFCC nabs ‘792 crypto fraudsters’ in Lagos — ‘biggest arrest in a day’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has carried out its largest single-day operation against cryptocurrency and romance scam networks, arresting 792 suspects in Lagos.

Addressing a press conference on Monday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, said the arrests took place at a seven-storey building in Victoria Island, Lagos.

Uwujaren said the suspects include 114 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two Khazartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian.