Law enforcement agencies investigating $2.4 billion invalid FX transactions – Cardoso 

NAIRAMETRICS

Law enforcement agencies are currently investigating a series of invalid foreign exchange transactions valued at $2.4 billion, according to Yemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

This announcement came to light during the press briefing that followed the 294th session of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in Abuja on Tuesday. 

Some transactions were illegal 

The investigation targets a slew of transactions that failed to meet the regulatory criteria set by the CBN for foreign exchange allocations. 

Cardoso detailed several anomalies, including the allocation of millions of dollars in FX to requests that were never made, and allocations provided without the corresponding naira support. He pointed out the lack of legality and satisfactory documentation in these transactions.