Nigerian court don convict one man wey pretend to be a peer-to-peer (p2p) cryptocurrency trader wit social media platform him create using a female name to de scam unsuspecting public pipul wey wan try gain interest for crypto wey we dey normally call dem newbies.
This is a very good action taking by the court because such people are the bad eggs in the crypto industry, they are always looking for ways to scam innocents individual that are willing to invest in crypto.
Because of this type that is why Nigerian government will not want to grant or legalize bitcoin or crypto properly because they will be claiming that it will be use to scam innocent individual that did not know anything about crypto scam.
Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) nah catch de go court com nack am charge borderin on cybercrime and de man agree say him guilty as charged. According to the scamma him tok say him don achieve wella from dis illegal buzinex for monie wey reach $2000 from him victims. Na so court com sentence am to a fine of #200,000.00 (two hundred thousand naira).
SourceThem for charge them more than this so that others go learn lesson from their actions. Because comparing the charge with the amount he confessed that he scammed, the charge is just like just %10 of what he scammed which I believe he can never say the exact amount he stole from people, and if they keep charging them such small amount, they can keep doing that since the fine charge is not much.
To newbies as u don enta dis crypto space mk unah shine unah eyes no allow or agree to anybodi com de tell you or advise you to join any platform say nah buzinex investment lik dat, say e dey pay well, com de show you nonsense evidence how e don pay am - oyinbo man call dis type of scam as Pig-Butchering-Scam.
De meanin of dat gramma be say, scamma go first tok to u lik beta person com create cordial relationship wit u about some buzinex com de tune you to invest say you go catch out, and dem fit allow you catch out ur first monie you put just to mk you feel comfortable so dat you fit invest bigger amount for de next one, nah dat time dem go scam you com jakpa wit ur investment monie. So mk we dey careful as we de use crypto mk we no com fall scam anyhow.
Thank you for the advise @Lida93, because our newbies are mostly people that are falling victim of this type of scam because most of us wey de here go don experience this kind thing before.
In general, make una no trust anybody for crypto because anybody can scamm if they see opportunity to do that, therefore, for newbies here, make una de carful and trade with either exchanges p2p or look for any reputable member here in the forum to trade with.