Nigeria, June 23 -- A Union Bank compliance officer, Chidubem Ogbura, has testified in the ongoing trial of Friday Audu and three others accused of orchestrating a cryptocurrency and romance fraud syndicate that allegedly defrauded victims of over N3.4 billion.

Seven hundred and ninety-two (792) members of the syndicate were arrested during a raid conducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a building in Lagos on 10 December 2024.

EFCC is prosecuting Mr Audu and his co-defendants at the Federal High Court in Lagos on 12 counts of cybercrime, money laundering, and illegal foreign exchange transactions linked to members of their syndicates.

Mr Ogbura, the first prosecution witness presented by the prosecution, app...