Nigerian Crypto Launderer Confesses: $2.5M Romance Scam Scheme Unmasked

Crypto crime hits new lows as Nigerian national pleads guilty to washing $2.5 million in digital assets—all siphoned from lovelorn Americans.

How it worked: Fake online romances turned into real financial ruin. Victims wired funds that were quickly converted to crypto and laundered through opaque blockchain transactions—classic pig-butchering tactics with a Web3 twist.

The irony? This $2.5M hustle would've been harder to trace if the perp just used traditional offshore banks—but where's the 'innovation' in that? Another case of criminals out-engineering compliance teams while regulators play catch-up.

Bottom line: Crypto's transparency cuts both ways. The very feature that makes blockchain revolutionary—its public ledger—just turned this scammer's 'perfect crime' into a perfect conviction.

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