“Internet fraud: EFCC arraigns 29 Chinese, 10 Filipinos, three others in Lagos”

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned 29 Chinese nationals, 10 Filipinos, one Malaysian, one Indonesian, and one Pakistani before separate Federal High Courts sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

They were arraigned alongside a company, Genting International Co. Ltd., before Justices Ayokunle Faji, D.I. Dipeolu, Alexander Owoeye, and C.J. Aneke, respectively.

The suspects are part of a syndicate of 792 alleged cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud suspects arrested on December 19, 2024, in Lagos during a surprise operation tagged “Eagle Flush Operation” by EFCC operatives.

They were arraigned on separate charges bordering on alleged cybercrimes, cyberterrorism, impersonation, possession of documents containing false pretenses, and identity theft, among others...