The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Elie Bitar, a foreign national, wanted over the alleged fraud perpetrated on the crypto bridge exchange (CBEX), a trading platform.
The anti-graft agency published the wanted notice across its social media platforms on Wednesday.
The EFCC gave the wanted suspect’s age as 41, while his last known address is at “Eng. George Enemoh Crescent, Lekki Phase 1, Lekki, Lagos State”.
Bitar joins the list of the eight Nigerians who were previously declared wanted by the EFCC for allegedly promoting the CBEX scheme.
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The eight suspects are Adefowora Abiodun Olanipekun, Adefowora Oluwanisola, Emmanuel Uko, Seyi Oloyede, Johnson Okiroh Otieno, Israel Mbaluka, Joseph Michiro Kabera, and Serah Michiro.
On Monday, Olanipekun voluntarily surrendered himself to the anti-graft agency.
In April, reports emerged that CBEX users could no longer withdraw their funds. Many Nigerians who had invested in the platform reportedly lost their funds.
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Some Nigerians took to social media to narrate how they lost millions of naira to the CBEX scheme.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had said that the CBEX digital trading platform is not registered with the agency.
Recently, a federal high court in Abuja granted permission to the EFCC to arrest and detain six CBEX promoters over a $1 billion investment fraud allegation.
Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge, gave the order following an ex parte application moved by Fadila Yusuf, counsel to the EFCC.
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