The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with Toronto Police Service, has successfully recovered and returned $225,000 to a victim defrauded in a cryptocurrency investment scheme.
The victim lost over $355,000 in Canadian funds in 2021 after being targeted by a yahoo boy named Omonkhoa Precious Afure.
It was gathered that the suspect, under the Facebook user name ‘Moshe Theodor McNigh,’ gained the victim’s trust and encouraged them to invest in cryptocurrency via a platform known as Legacyfxtraders.online. .
Following an investigation launched by Nigerian and Canadian law enforcement agencies in 2021, the EFCC seized assets linked to Afure’s fraud after a Lagos court ruled that the recovered funds belonged to the victim.
“As a result of the collaborative efforts between these units, in December of 2024, Toronto Police was able to return $225,000 back to the victim,” the Toronto Police Service said in a statement on Monday, December 9.
