Chijindu Ujah Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud in Alleged £300,000 Cryptocurrency Case

Chijindu Ujah has been charged with conspiracy to defraud. Prosecutors allege a cryptocurrency scheme worth about £300,000. The British-Nigerian sprinter, already carrying a doping ban from earlier in his career, is now facing a criminal case that has nothing to do with a start list.

The charge is an allegation. Ujah has the chance to answer it in court, and Sports Brief will report the outcome rather than the rumour around it. What is already public is the fact of the charge and the sum attached to it.

His racing future is a separate question, and a smaller one, until a court has dealt with this.