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EFCC Arraigns FBI Suspect for Alleged Cryptocurrency Account Takeover in Enugu
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Igbere TV
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Godslove Munachiso Obiwuru, a 26-year old Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, suspect before Justice M. T. Segun-Bello of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State.
The matter was thereafter adjourned for hearing of bail application while the defendant was remanded at the EFCC custody.
The defendant was arrested on August 5, 2025, following a petition by the FBI alleging that the defendant was involved in auctioning a cryptocurrency account takeover scheme.
Further investigation by the FBI revealed that part of the stolen cryptocurrency funds were transferred to a Binance account belonging to the defendant.
However, preliminary investigations by operatives of the Special Task Force of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Commission, revealed that the defendant received cryptocurrency, allegedly stolen from two different victims.