Justice H.A. Nganjiwa of the Federal
High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday convicted Frank Emem and sentenced him to ten
(10) years imprisonment for internet-related offenses.
The judge found him guilty of 2-counts
of obtaining money by false pretences brought against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment
on each count, without an option of fine The sentences are to run concurrently
from the day of his arrest( 6 March, 2013). The Judge also ordered him to pay
the sum of Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N2,500,000) in restitution to the victim.
Emem was arrested for defrauding a
Chinese: Wang Xin of Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N2, 500,
000). The convict cloned the e-mail account of Vhelbherg International Limited
and sent mails to Wang Xin, a client of the company, demanding for the said
sum.The money was then paid into the Diamond bank account of the convict.
One of the count
reads, that you Frank Emeh and Peter Njoku (now at large) on or about December
2012 in Port Harcourt within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court did
conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: obtain money by false
pretence from Sinopec Changjiang Engineering Services Limited by using a false
e-mail address trutobingsolutions@yahoo.co.uk to
communicate with him making him believe that you are one of his client and
thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud
and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the
same Act.
Final Year Student
Bags Two Years Imprisonment For Fraud
Justice M.N Yinusa
of the Federal High court, Enugu on Thursday, 16th June 2016 sentenced one
Frank Joseph and his accomplice, Muonwuba Valentine, a final year student of
Institute of Management and Technology (I.M.T) Enugu to two (2) years
imprisonment each for conspiracy, uttering, impersonation and attempting to
steal brought against them by the EFCC.
.
The duo were
arrested in March 2016, on an allegation that they visited an Access Bank
Branch in Kenyatta Enugu State, presented themselves as customers of the bank
and requested for an ATM card on a particular account claiming that the said
account belonged to their grandfather who is bedridden.
The bank on
suspecting foul play, alerted the Commission and the matter was investigated leading
to their subsequent arraignment on 19th April 2016 on a five -count charge.
They initially pleaded
"not guilty" to charges preferred against them, but suddenly recanted
when the case came up June 16, 2016 as they changed their plea from "not guilty" to "guilty".
The court
consequently convicted and sentenced the duo to two years each on the five
counts preferred against them. The sentences are however to run concurrently.
One
of the counts reads:
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