Chinese National Arrested For Alleged Cyber-Terrorism And Internet Fraud

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, On Thursday, May 15, 2025, brought a Chinese national, Li Kuang Kuang, before Justice Daniel Osiagor at the Federal High Court located in Ikoyi, Lagos.

He faced a single-count charge related to alleged cybercrime.

The defendant is among a group of 792 suspected cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud perpetrators apprehended on December 19, 2024, in Lagos, during a targeted operation named ‘Eagle Flush Operation’ executed by EFCC operatives.

The charge states: “That you Li Kuang Kuang and Genting International Co. Limited sometimes in December 2024 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourabe Court, willfully caused to be accessed computer system for the purpose of destabilizing and destroying the economy and social structure of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 18 of the Cybercrime [Prohibition, Prevention, Etc] Act, 2015 [As Amended, 2024].

He pleaded “not guilty” to the charge when it was presented to him.

Following his plea, the prosecution counsel, U.S Kyari, requested the court to set a trial date and to remand the defendant in the Correctional Center.

Justice Osiagor ordered the defendant’s remand in Ikoyi Correctional Center and postponed the case to July 18, 2025.

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