Anti-graft arraigns 11 new Chinese, company for alleged cyb£rcr!mes, cyber-t£rrorism

Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCCLagos Zonal command, have arraigned another 11 Chinese nationals and a company, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for fraud.

The accused are part of a group of 792 suspects connected to alleged cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud.

The syndicate of 792 alleged cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud suspects were apprehended during a surprise raid on 10th of December 2024, in Lagos, as part of an operation dubbed “Eagle Flush Operation” conducted by EFCC operatives.

The suspects were arraigned on separate charges bordering on cyber-terrorism, cybercrimes, possession of documents containing false pretence, advance fee fraud and identity theft.

The arraignment of the new suspects was contained in a statement shared via the anti-graft agency’s X page, on Friday, 14th of February 2025

The statement partly reads:

“The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, February 14, 2025, arraigned 11 more Chinese and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for fraud.

“The defendants are: Li Niu, Xiao Qinyun, Fu Zheng Yang, Xiao Yi, Bei Bei Linde Jun, Li Hang, Huan Livo, Wang Wei Tong Mo Ying, Gao Yang, Zebin Chen and Yuan Zhibin.

“They are part of the 792-member syndicate of alleged cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud suspects arrested in Lagos on December 10, 2024 by officers of the EFCC in a surprise operation tagged “Eagle Flush Operation.”

“The suspects were arraigned on separate charges bordering on cyber-terrorism, cybercrimes, possession of documents containing false pretence, advance fee fraud and identity theft.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>