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Yuletide: EFCC Arrests ‘792 Crypto Fraudsters’ in Lagos — ‘Biggest Arrest in One Day’

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

In a press conference on Monday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, said the apprehension happened at a seven-storey building in Victoria Island, Lagos.

This is coming some days to the yuletide period comprising the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

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

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