The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 792 suspects over alleged cryptocurrency and romance scam in Lagos.
Spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement said the arrests were carried out at a seven-storey building in Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday.
According to him, the suspects include 114 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two Khazartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian.
He said the foreigners were using the building to “train Nigerians on how to initiate romance and investment scam.
“Their Nigerian accomplices were recruited by the foreign kingpins to prospect for victims online through phishing, targeting mostly Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, and several others from European countries,” he said.
He described the arrest at the commission’s largest single-day operation.
