Man, Emmanuel Who Obtained $7,800 From Victim Impersonating Brazilian Jailed

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court Kubwa, has convicted and sentenced Emmanuel Ndubuisi Junior and 14 other internet fraudsters to various jail terms.

Justice O. I. Adelaja handed the sentencing to the fraudsters after they pleaded guilty.

The convicts are: Emmanuel Ndubuisi Junior, Obinna Favour, Azuh Chidubem, Christopher Enaho, Abdullahi Sani, Atoyebi Damilare James, Chinonso Peter and Israel Samuel.

Others are Matthew Gideon, Eugene Joseph Boniface and Derick Beshel. The rest are: Suleiman Dauda, Aliu Dauda, Ikechukwu Idris and Godwin Ifeanyi.

One of the charges read: “that you Emmanuel Ndubuisi Junior aka Daniel Howard sometime in 2021 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did cheat by personation when you misrepresented yourself to be one Daniel Howard a citizen of Brazil and a crypto investment manager on Gmail address [email protected] with intent to defraud whereby you obtained the sum of Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($7,800) from one Sophia and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Act (Abuja) Cap 532 , LFN 2004 and punishable under Section 324 of the same Act”.

Based on their pleas, Justice Adelaja convicted and sentenced Junior to one year jail term or an option of fine of N2, 000,000 (Two Million Naira only )

He also forfeited $7,800 (Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars) to the Federal Government while Favour bagged one year jail term or an option of fine of N1,000,000 (One Million Naira only ).

Chidubem also bagged one year jail term with an option of fine of N1,000,000 (One Million Naira only) while Ifeanyi bagged one year jail term or a fine of N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira only).

Other convicts had non-custodial sentencing of diverse hours of Community Service to be supervised by officers of the Correctional Service. All convicts are also to forfeit their phones to the Federal Government.

Posted: at 11-09-2023 10:06 PM (8 months ago) | Addicted Hero

Nonsense,all the money they are forfeiting shae na the judge them dem dey give back all those money,failed judiciary

Posted: at 12-09-2023 07:07 AM (8 months ago) | Gistmaniac