CRYPTO BAN: FCMB puts out an alert on accounts held by people between the ages of 18-30, asking staff to be on the lookout for money launderers and other criminal activities

CRYPTO BAN: FCMB has put out an alert on accounts held by people between the ages of 18-30, asking staff to be on the lookout for money launderers and other criminal activities. (Read More Here).

The internal email urges staff to monitor the listed accounts for red flags “in order to make the Bank safe and protected from the activities of criminals, organized gangs, money launderers and terrorist financiers.”

This compliance advisory comes after the CBN ordered all Nigerian commercial banks to freeze the accounts of certain individuals for purportedly trading in cryptocurrency.