A 30-year-old man has been arraigned for duping his Canadian
internet lover, $26,520 Canadian dollars, equivalent of N421 million.
The suspect, Nwakanma C. Chukwudi, arraigned by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 23, 2015 before Justice D.V
Agishir of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on a 12-count charge
bordering on cybercrime, obtaining money by false pretence and impersonation,
pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Chukwudi, who claimed to be a British citizen, named
Barry Bernard, met Donnalynn, a Canadian, on a dating site, convinced that he
loved her and later milked her $26,520 Canadian dollars.
The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren said that in the course
of the accused and complainant’s romantic affair, Chukwudi, who also claimed to
be resident in Manchester, United Kingdom, sent several love mails and pictures
to Donnalynn.
Uwujaren said: “Donnalynn did not have any
course to doubt him when he requested for $26,520 Canadian dollars from
her, having been communicating with him over a period of time. When she later found out that she had
been duped, she petitioned the EFCC.”
One of the charges reads: ‘‘That you Nwakanma C.
Chukwudi (alias Barry Bernard) on or about the 10th day of June, 2014 in Enugu,
within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with intent to
defraud had in your possession (email box- barrybernard777@yahoo.com), a document containing a picture in
which you represented yourself as a white man by name Barry Bernard, a pretence
you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Sections 6
and 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006
and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.’’
Justice
Agishir adjourned the matter to April 7, 2015 for consideration of the bail
application and ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody.
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