Among them are 60 Chinese and 39 Filipinos convicted of participating in the schemes of the so -called “romantic scams” using digital assets. Fraudsters impersoned foreigners, convincing the victims to invest in fictitious crypto projects, which caused significant damage to private investors and the reputation of Nigeria, NIS said.
The deportation followed the series of police raids of the commission on economic and financial crimes (EFCC), during which it was Detained 792 people, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipinos. The EFCC operation has become part of the campaign against cyber terrorism and cryptocurrency fraud in Nigeria.
The EFCC representative commented that in the coming days it is planned to deport another group of criminals from the country: Filipinos, Chinese and two citizens of Kazakhstan.
According to EFCC, Cybercrown Syndicates are trying to settle in Nigeria, where they are actively recruiting citizens of the country to search for potential victims on the Internet. The victims of fraud are mainly Americans, Canadians, Mexicans and EU citizens.
Earlier, the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria (SEC) Emomotimi Agama invited crypto companies to return to the country and stated that the government was ready to support the crypto business associated with stablecoins.
Source: Bits
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