Justice Kudirat Jose of a Lagos High
Court, has convicted and sentenced Promise Ntuen Ekemini to one year
imprisonment, for hijacking the e-mail of a lawful owner of a property, located
in Western Australia valued at $800,000 and attempting to sell the property.
He was arraigned in April, 2014 on a 5-count charge bordering on conspiracy to defraud, attempt to obtain money by false pretences and forgery.
Justice Jose found him guilty of all
the charges and convicted him. His sentence is to run from the day of his
arraignment.
Ekemini got into trouble by impersonating Brian Roderick Daniel, owner of a property located at No. 143, Sprinaway Parade, Falcon, Western Australia and offering his property to buyers on the internet without the consent of the owner.
Ekemini got into trouble by impersonating Brian Roderick Daniel, owner of a property located at No. 143, Sprinaway Parade, Falcon, Western Australia and offering his property to buyers on the internet without the consent of the owner.
The Australian Police alerted the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to monitor a controlled
delivery of some documents related to the transactions to Ekemini. He was
arrested at the point of collection of the documents.
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