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Victim of Nigerian cryptocurrency scam has $225,000 returned: Cops

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The victim of a cryptocurrency fraud complaint has had more than half of the stolen funds returned.

The victim began communicating with someone named Moshe Theodor McNigh on Facebook in June 2021 .

Nigerian law enforcement officials confirmed to the victim that they had been defrauded in a cryptocurrency investment scheme, losing an estimated $355,000 .

The proceeds of crime were subsequently seized by Nigerian officials.

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