We prove that the local eigenvalue statistics in the bulk for complex random matrices with independent entries whose $r$-th absolute moment decays as $N^{-1-(r-2)ε}$ for some $ε>0$ are universal. This includes sparse matrices whose entries are the product of a Bernouilli random variable with mean $N^{-1+ε}$ and an independent complex-valued random variable. By a standard truncation argument, we can also conclude universality for complex random matrices with $4+ε$ moments. The main ingredient is a sparse multi-resolvent local law for products involving any finite number of resolvents of the Hermitisation and deterministic $2N\times2N$ matrices whose $N\times N$ blocks are multiples of the identity.