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Judiciary
Court Jails Six
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Judiciary
Court Jails Six Internet Fraudsters in Uyo
Justice S.A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in
Calabar, Cross River State on Monday, April 15, 2019, convicted and
sentenced Chigozie Bright, Kingsley Anyasor, Osinachi Samdavid,
Oyasi Desmond, Benice Anosike and Martins Ekpemadu to six months in
prison each, for internet fraud.
The six convicts were said to have committed the offences at
different times and charged separately by the Uyo Zonal Office of
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Bright, who also goes by Abdul Esther on April 5, 2019, falsely
presented himself as a Syrian widow to Jose Luis Cruz Diaz through
the email, abdulesther7@gmail.com.
Anyasor alias Rasha Ademar on March 3, 2019, pretended to be
Rasha Ademar of Instanbul, Turkey using same to obtain money from
one Jorge Davila.
Osinachi alias Maya Ahmed on April 4, 2019 also presented
himself to one 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(Two Hundred and
Twenty Six Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy Eight Dollars Ninety
Six Cents) from one Ribeiro Anthonia a Hong Kong Nationale, between
March 5 and June 19, 2019.
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.
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.
Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity