The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of Kelvin Tobe Igboamaeze on a four-count charge bordering on cheating by personation.
He was convicted by Justice M. Zubairu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kurudu, Abuja.
Count one of the charges reads: “That you, AUGUSTUS KELVIN GBOAMAEZE (Cubana wire) sometime in April 2018 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did cheat by personation, by pretending to be Cubana, a Wire Engineer working in Ukraine, via Gmail and obtained the sum of $66,000 (Sixty-Six Thousand Dollars) from Patti Jackson, an American citizen through Google Cards and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 321 of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990 and punishable under section 324 of the same Act”.
Another count read: “That you AUGUSTUS KELVIN IGBOAMAEZE sometime in April 2018 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did cheat by personation, by pretending to be David Wilson, an Engineer working in Ukraine, via Gmail and obtained the sum of $3,000 (Three Thousand Dollars) from Clara, an American citizen through Google Card and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 321 of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990 and punishable under section 324 of the same Act”.
He pleaded “guilty” to the charges.
Given his plea, the prosecuting counsel, Maryam Aminu Ahmad, urged the Court to convict him accordingly.
Justice Zubairu convicted and sentenced the defendant to three months imprisonment on each of the four count charges, or an option of a fine of N50, 000 on each count.
The Court ordered the forfeiture of items recovered from him during arrest, including an iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 11 Pro, MacBook Air Laptop, and a gold chain.
The Court further ordered that the sum of $4,750, a draft of N6, 952, 500 raised by the defendant be restituted to the victim.
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