Nigerian authorities arrested Amb. Wilfred Bonse, a Nigerian politician, for alleged theft and money laundering in connection to a breach suffered by cryptocurrency trading company Patricia Technologies Ltd.
According to ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a public relations officer with the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), the arrest was made following the force’s investigation into Patricia’s hack.
As stated by Adejobi, Bonse allegedly assisted in laundering 50 million naira ($62,368) out of 607 million naira ($757,151) fraudulently diverted from the platform to his account via a crypto wallet
Just yesterday here, I was complaining bitterly that if Patricia exit has happened in another country, many of them will have been brought to justice and prosecuted by now but finally, I'm seeing great result from our law enforcement people, kudos to them for the job done. I think even the investors that lost money into these that has been crying since will be happy to see this news.
It will be great if this thread get updated time to time so that we will know how exactly things go because politicians are very crude and manipulative of the judiciary, don't be surprised if that woman is bail and the case forgotten forever, it happened and this may not be the last.
“This is a big relief. We have finally been vindicated as not a few disbelieved us that our platform was hacked in the first place. But thanks to the diligence of the Nigerian Police and the unwavering commitment of my colleagues, we are delighted that our customers now have more reason to continue to trust us. The dark days are over”
Patricia CEO, Hanu Fejiro Agbodje
So, after a year, this is the time he think he can let the public knows about the positive side of the said hack, no worries, I hope he doesn't have dirty sand in his file because it seems even the CEO of exchanges are now into some shady deals in the background of the exchange. Good news to the affected Patricia platforms, but this will take time though.
