Police Lists Offences As Crypto ‘Billionaire’ Trader ‘Blord’ Linus Arrested
- By Metropolix ~
- July 16, 2024 --
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— Linus Williams aka BLord
By Bunmi Onakan
Linus Williams, known as BLord, has been arrested in Abuja by the Nigerian Police on several alleged offences The Police listed some of the offences as cryptocurrency fraud, terrorism funding, and aiding internet fraud and Nigerians took to social media to react to the arrest, raising questions about the charges and the link to cryptocurrency, which the Nigerian government now taxes
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested cryptocurrency billionaire Linus Williams, popularly known as BLord, on charges including cryptocurrency fraud, terrorism funding, and aiding internet fraud. Blord was arrested in Abuja on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, and will have to defend the allegations, among others, against his companies.
Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, confirmed his arrest in a statement.
The statement reads: The FCID (NPF-NCCC) is currently investigating complaints lodged against Blord Group, Blord Real Estate Ltd, Blord Jetpaye Limited, and Billpoint Technology. “These offences include allegations bothering on cryptocurrency fraud, aiding internet fraud, computer-related fraud, terrorism funding, and non-compliance with regulatory frameworks. “We will do due diligence in our investigations. “Our cyberspace in Nigeria must be safe and secure by all means. We are committed to achieving that.”
Nigerians reacts: Nigerians have reacted to the arrests, demanding that the Police properly investigate with evidence. @sukodingha wrote: “These are serious allegations, I hope you have enough evidence. otherwise, he will return to sue for defamation.” @thefineoldsoul noted: “It’s easy for me to berieve evelything else but that tellolism funding is out of place.”
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