#2024withBinance On December 10, law enforcement agencies arrested 792 cryptocurrency scammers in Nigeria at once, who were scamming digital assets and fiat currency from people all over the world.$PNUT $PEPE $BTC
Law enforcement received information that illegal activity was taking place in a seven-story building called the Big Leaf on Victoria Island. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission then raided the building and detained 792 people, including 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos and citizens of many other countries.
Arrested scammers, the building 'Big Leaf', the workplace of the fraudsters in the photo report of the law enforcement agencies.
Investigators found that after being hired, newcomers were trained in the tricks of the trade for at least two weeks. They were taught how to establish romantic relationships with victims by pretending to be women and discussing business topics. Then, the scammers created accounts on social media and messengers, began communicating with men, and offered them to invest money in dubious enterprises, promising high dividends.
After establishing contact with future victims, ordinary scammers would pass the correspondence to more experienced fraudsters who executed the scams. In case of success, the income earned would be divided among all participants in the fraudulent scheme, while the office workers located in Nigeria would be paid in cash. Nigerian law enforcement agencies cooperate with law enforcement from other countries to identify the identities of the organizers of the underground business and capture them. It is not yet reported how many people suffered at the hands of the criminals and how much they managed to earn.
