Court Jails Man For Defrauding Ladies Of $166,000 In Fake Romance
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Office, secured Iweregbu s conviction before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 24, 2020
A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced a man, Daniel Iweregbu, to 18 months imprisonment for defrauding some ladies to the tune of $166,000 in fake romantic affairs.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Office, secured Iweregbu s conviction before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court.
The convict created many social media accounts and presented himself as Larry Pham, a personality he used in defrauding his unsuspecting victims, mostly females, online to the tune of $166,000 between July 2017 and June 2018.
By Kingsley Nwezeh
The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentencing of two lawyers, Sogo Akinola and Feranmi Akinluyi, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
The convicts were arraigned sometime in October 2018 on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretences and stealing to the tune of N24m.
The defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charge preferred against them, thereby leading to their full trial.
In the course of the trial, the prosecution, through its counsel, Spiff Owede, called five witnesses and tendered several documents that were admitted in evidence by the court.
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The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has secured the conviction and sentencing of two lawyers, Sogo Akinola and Feranmi Akinluyi for their involvement in fraudulent activities.
The EFCC, in a statement by its Head, Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujarem, recalled that the convicts were arraigned sometime in October 2018 on three counts bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretences and stealing to the tune of N24 million.
The two lawyers were convicted and sentenced yesterday to two years in prison by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested one Williams Ogwezi, also known as Dr Williams, for parading himself as an official of the commission to defraud his unsuspecting victims.
He was said to have also forged EFCC identity cards and those of other law enforcement agencies.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed in a statement in Abuja, on Thursday, that Ogwezi was arrested in Lagos, following a report from the Nigeria Police Area Command, Ajah, Lagos.
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