Six cybercrime fraudsters have been sentenced to six months
imprisonment.
The convicts, Chigozie Bright, Kingsley Anyasor, Osinachi
Samdavid, Oyasi Desmond, Benice Anosike and Martins Ekpemadu, were arraigned by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and sentenced by Justice S.A.
Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State on 15th
April, for internet fraud.
The Head, Media & Publicity, Tony Orilade, said that the six
convicts committed the offences at different times and charged separately by
the Uyo Zonal Office of EFCC.
Bright, who also goes by Abdul Esther on 5th April,
2019, falsely presented himself as a Syrian widow to Jose Luis Cruz Diaz
through the email, abdulesther7@gmail.com.
Anyasor alias Rasha Ademar on 3rd March,
pretended to be Rasha Ademar of Instanbul, Turkey using same to obtain money
from Jorge Davila.
Osinachi alias Maya Ahmed on 4th April 4, also
presented himself to Rafiq Dayi as a widowed Syrian refugee, using the
email, mayaahmed093@gmail.com, with the sole aim of defrauding
Rafiq.
Oyasi alias James Williams on the other hand, pretended to be
a Caucasian male and obtained as much as $226,578.96 from Ribeiro Anthonia, a Hong Kong national, between 5th
March and 19th June, 2018.
Anosike alias Sarah Abdul on April 3, 2019, posed as a
foreigner named Keri with the email, sarahabdul309@gmail.com to defraud his unsuspecting victims.
Ekpemadu alias Selda Abu on April 2, 2019, also faked his
identity and succeeded in defrauding one Ivan Horvat.
They pleaded "guilty" to the offence.
Orilade said: “In view of the guilty plea and the plea
bargain agreement between the prosecution and the defence, Justice Amobeda
convicted them accordingly, and gave each of them an option of N100, 000 as
fine. They were also ordered to forfeit all the instruments used in committing
the said crime, to the Federal Government, including their three bedroom and
two bedroom apartments.”
In another development, the EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office on 15th
April secured the conviction of Nwakanma Charles Chukwudi before Justice I.N
Buba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu, the Enugu State capital on
one-count charge bordering on internet fraud to the tune of $26, 520 dollars.
The convict, who had defrauded a Canadian woman, named
Donnalynn of the said sum, pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him
by the anti-graft agency.
Investigation into the allegation revealed that he had
been perpetrating high level internet fraud while living a flamboyant lifestyle
that is not in tandem with his means of livelihood.
Upon his arrest, 29 contacts in his Yahoo mail were discovered
to have been used for commission of crime.
Investigation further uncovered how the convict
impersonated a British national named Barry Bernard, who lived and worked in
Manchester, United Kingdom.
The presiding Judge, Justice Buba after reviewing the
charge against the convict, found him guilty as charged, convicted and
sentenced him to one month imprisonment starting from 8th April 8,
which was the date of his arrest.
The charge against him reads: “That you, Nwakanma
Charles Chukwudi on or about the 10th day of June, 2014 in Enugu, Enugu State,
within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, with intent to
defraud, franked an electronic message, to wit document dated 28th day of
November, 2013 titled ‘MONEYGRAM’ and you thereby committed an offence contrary
to and punishable under section 14(1) (3) cybercrime (prohibition prevention,
etc) Act, 2015.”
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