Justice M.B Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos on May 27, 2013,
convicted and sentenced Peter Nosakhire Iyen to five years imprisonment
for forgery and counterfeiting.
The convict, Peter Nosakhire Iyen and Johan Anderson (
still at large) was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC on January 26, 2006, on a 12-count charge of forgery and
counterfeiting of United States Postal Service’s Money Order punishable under
Section 1(2) (a) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap. M17 Laws of the
Federation of Nigeria,
2004.
The convict pleaded not guilty to all the charges
preferred against him and was remanded at the Ikoyi Prison since 2006. He was
consequently convicted by Justice Idris on all the 12 counts preferred against
him. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment on each of the counts and the
sentence is to run concurrently. The court also ordered that all the forged International
Money Orders be destroyed.
Iyen’s journey to prison began on December 16, 2005, when he
was arrested by operatives of the EFCC for fraudulently forging United States
Money Orders and also conspired to export same from Nigeria
to the United States.
He also fraudulently induced one Grabb Gregory (a.k.a Oleg Stromsky) of Hyo Eastern Province, United States to buy the said
counterfeited Money Orders with serial numbers 70381358876, 7408139887 and
70381798875.
Wilson Uwujaren
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
31st May, 2013
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