Suspects linked to the infamous Patricia exchange hack of $2Million arrested

December 3, 2023 Samson Ayodeji

The Nigeria Police Force revealed last Friday that Wilfred Bonse, one of the individuals linked to the crypto exchange Patricia’s February 2022 hack that resulted in a $2 million loss, had been apprehended.

ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, made this news during a press briefing. In a video and message that were uploaded to the NPF’s official Instagram page, the officer made the announcement.

Wilfred Bonse ran for governor of Cross River state as a candidate for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the March 2023 governorship election, according to a Wakenews background check. Additionally, Wilfred Bonse was allegedly the beneficiary of at least N40 million from a cyber fraud scam carried out by a group of hackers known as The Syndicate, according to a February Peoples Gazette article.

The NPF statement claims Wilfred Bonse planned to launder N50,000,000 or fifty million naira, which resulted from the illicit diversion of N607,000,000:00k, or sixty-seven million naira, from Patricia Technology company’s account to his bank account using a cryptocurrency wallet.

Hanu Fejiro revealed to wakenews in a private chat that Wilfred Bonse is one of the hack’s masterminds.

The hackers laundered the money they had taken via politicians, all of whom would face legal repercussions. There are currently unnamed high political office holders. Hanu stated.

The CEO claims that his staff is currently going to court to recover as much money as possible.

In the interview with Wakenews, Hanu continued, “We wait on recovering and once that happens, the police would make that announcement and that would go towards repaying the lost funds.”

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