The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Godslove Munachiso Obiwuru, a 26-year old Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, suspect before Justice M. T. Segun-Bello of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State.
Godslove was presented before the court on a two-count charge bordering on money laundering.
“That you, Godslove Munachiso Obiwuru ‘M’ sometime in 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, retained 0.042 Ethereum (digital currency) equivalent to $50 (Fifty United States Dollars) in a Binance wallet account with the address 0xD62C9DA42BDe76a7Be113ABA225456C57320A569 which you know or reasonably ought to know, is a proceed of an unlawful act and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 20 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022,” count one of the charge read.
The suspect pleaded “not guilty” to both counts. After his response, counsel to the EFCC, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE I A.Y Abdullahi, urged the court to set a trial date and remand the defendant at the Correctional facility.
However, the defence counsel, Abel Anih, prayed the court for a short date so that he could file an application for bail before the court.
The case was thereafter adjourned for the hearing of the bail application while the defendant was remanded in the EFCC custody.
Godslove Munachiso Obiwuru was apprehended on August 5, 2025, following a petition by the FBI alleging that the defendant was involved in a cryptocurrency account takeover scheme.
The 2022 petition disclosed that a Coinbase cryptocurrency belonging to a citizen of the United States of America was breached, leading to the theft of 90,410.126 Gold Retriever Tokens (GLDN), worth approximately $307,394.00, at that time.
