In July 2014, the EFCC received a petition from the U.S. Army alleging that some persons traced to Nigeria defrauded some of their members out of over 13,000 dollars in a romance scam.
The EFFC investigated and was able to trace some of the funds amounting to 3,650 dollars to EcoBank Plc via Moneygram which was received by Brown, who later pleaded guilty to the charge brought against him in court and was sentenced after entering into a plea bargain with the anti graft agency. Uche Chikelue, the counsel to the defendant, asked the court for mercy in sentencing Brown, saying that not only has he been well behaved, but also co-operated with the prosecution throughout the investigations, has no past criminal record and he has refunded all the money taken.
“He has aged parents,
who due to his present incarceration, are having serious health
challenges. “He is the first born of the family and the breadwinner, he
also has a wife and three children, the last, a toddler," Chikelue said.
Sentencing
Brown, Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court handed down the
verdict after acknowledged that the crime was a dishonour to Nigeria
and paints it in a bad light. Hence there must be justice for the
defendant, complainant and the country.
“I
have also taken into consideration that the Criminal Law of Lagos
prescribes 15 years in prison for the offence of obtaining money by
false pretences. “I hereby sentence the defendant to three years in
prison on the one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretences.
“This sentence begins from March 13, the day he was first arraigned.”
19 comments:
Where dem d once wey dey steal billions with biro, wetin we go call tos once
He can't outrun the long arm of the law.
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Sorry What was the senetence given to that thief Igbinedion again?
There is no justice in this God forsaken country!
Maximum senetence should have been 6 months
hmmm this one weak me oooo
They always get caught....
Nonsense..
You have sentenced all this politicians for example stealing all our money..
It's a man who us hustling and a mumu oyibo fell for it because the yeye oyibo too was selfish and wanted something in return
Nonsense..
You have sentenced all this politicians for example stealing all our money..
It's a man who us hustling and a mumu oyibo fell for it because the yeye oyibo too was selfish and wanted something in return
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One day for thief another day for the owner, your time has come
Y sentence him since the victim is a white person. Mtchuuuuuu... Jagajaga Nigeria
Y sentence him since the victim is a white person. Mtchuuuuuu... Jagajaga Nigeria
That's a scam. US won't send no petition if the amount involved is not over 1 million US dollars. Who is fooling who. Lol
Fuck the judge and stupid government tho. I'll be sipping on my lean and getting paranoid.
That's a scam. US won't send no petition if the amount involved is not over 1 million US dollars. Who is fooling who. Lol
Fuck the judge and stupid government tho. I'll be sipping on my lean and getting paranoid.
Sentence! What is wrong with my bloody spell check.
All payments to Nigeria via moneygram and western union should be into a bank account. That's one way of tracing these fraudsters
Abeg make dem free the man jhor... dee
These are the injustices that make Nigeria a joke. Why such a long sentence in a nation of thieves where others have stolen more and sit at home
Nigeria will soon burn. French Revolution style justice coming soon so enjoy your ill gotten wealth while you can you politicians
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all these yahoo boys and their uncalculated scams
very stupid yahoo boy
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