Eleven Chinese nationals have been arrested and prosecuted in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of cyber fraud and identity fraud.

The defendants, who were arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Chinese nationals were arrested in a raid by the EFCC, named “Eagle Flush Operation,” conducted on December 19, 2024, in Lagos, according to operatives of the commission.

A day earlier, the EFCC had arraigned 42 Chinese and Filipinos for similar offenses before the same Federal High Court in Lagos.
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke ordered that they be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in Lagos.

The defendants are Wang Xiong Wei (alias Xiao Bai), Chen Dong Dong (alias Cun Zhao), Chen Yuan (alias Xiao Doa), Wu Yuan An (alias Zeng Niu), Wang Gong Lin (alias Wang Jing Lin), and Weng Mao Rong (alias A Xiang).

The EFCC arraigned them on separate charges relating to cybercrimes, cyber terrorism, possession of fraudulent documents, and identity theft.

In one of the charges, the EFCC accused Liu Ke Fan of impersonating a 28-year-old American named Lina, living in Germany, as part of a romance scam and cryptocurrency fraud operation.

The EFCC further told the court that the defendant “willfully provided false information during an investigation, falsely presenting himself as Liu Chen to mislead investigators and conceal his involvement in a criminal syndicate specializing in romance scams, cryptocurrency fraud, and cyber terrorism.”