The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared one foreign national, Elie Bitar wanted for his alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency fraud linked to the online trading platform, Crypto Bridge Exchange.
According to an official bulletin issued by EFCC on Wednesday, Bitar, 41, is wanted for a suspected fraudulent scheme carried out via CBEX, which has reportedly defrauded multiple unsuspecting investors across Nigeria.
“The public is hereby notified that ELIE BITAR, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for fraud allegedly perpetrated on an online trading platform called Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX),” the EFCC stated.
The EFCC disclosed that Bitar’s last known address is at Eng. George Enemoh Crescent, Lekki Phase 1, Lekki, Lagos State.
The Commission also urged anyone with useful information regarding Bitar’s whereabouts to contact any of its zonal offices in Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Port Harcourt, or Abuja.
This is coming less than a week after the Commission declared four Nigerians wanted over the CBEX Ponzi scheme.
Their names are Seyi Oloyede, Emmanuel Uko, Adefowora Oluwanisola, and Adefowora Abiodun Olaonipekun.
Newspot reported how CBEX swept over N1.3 trillion from their investors’ accounts.
