- CBEX Fraud: EFCC Declares Two Additional Suspects Wanted
- Over 600,000 Nigerians reportedly lost ₦1.3 trillion after the platform collapsed in April 2025.
- Public urged to provide information on suspects’ whereabouts via EFCC offices or hotlines.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has named two additional suspects connected to an alleged fraud case linked to a digital trading platform, Crypto Bridge Exchange, popularly known as CBEX.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the EFFC accused Folashade Odelana and Bamidele Ayodele Abiodun of orchestrating fraudulent activities that reportedly led to significant financial losses for unsuspecting investors.
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Twelve people were earlier declared wanted by the anti-graft agency in connection with the same scheme.
EFCC in a notice published across its official social media platforms, asked members of the public with useful information on the whereabouts of the suspects to come forward.
The notice read, “The public is hereby notified that the persons whose photographs appear below are wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for fraud allegedly perpetrated on an online trading platform called Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX). FOLASHADE ODELANA. Odelana is 31 years old and her last known address is at No. 17, Oremeta Street, Allen, Ikeja, Lagos State.
“BAMIDELE AYODELE ABIODUN. Abiodun is 32 years old. His last known address is at No.17, Oremeta Street, Allen, Ikeja, Lagos State.
“Anybody with useful information as to their whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Ibadan, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt or Abuja offices, or through these numbers 09-9044751-3, 08093322644, 08183322644, 07026350721-3, 0706350724-5; its e-mail address: [email protected] or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.”
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No fewer than 600,000 Nigerians reportedly invested in the scheme and lost N1.3tn after it collapsed in April 2025.
