From 2019 to 2022, Bankman-Fried was the leader and mastermind of a scheme to defraud customers of FTX by misappropriating billions of dollars of those customers’ funds.
They were charged with infractions relating to the controversial Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245, otherwise known as the Malabu Oil scam.
The EFCC said the information afforded to its team of investigators by Binance showed that the total trading volume from Nigeria in 2023 alone stood at $21.6 billion.
They said the company, a limited liability firm, is duly registered under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, and is into haulage businesses.
“This has been a burning issue in both public and private institutions.’’
“I went inside the engine room to hide and slept off.’’
In a tweet on Tuesday, EFCC said Nigerians devalue the naira whenever they do transactions in dollars.
The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement on its official X handle on Tuesday.
“Mr Chris-Johnson pleaded not guilty to the charges.’’
EFCC arraigned the men on a three-count charge bordering on the laundering of funds and conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity.
