Sunday Eboh, four others, granted bail on romance fraud case
Retired local footballer Sunday Eboh, along with four others, has been released on bail nearly three months after being charged in Malta s first romance fraud case
23 April 2021, 2:59pm
by Matthew Agius
Five persons accused in Malta s first romance fraud case have been released on bail, nearly three months after being charged.
They were released against a deposit of €4,000 and a personal guarantee of €16,000. They were also ordered to observe a curfew and sign a bail book every day.
Prominent retired local footballer Sunday Eboh, Maltese national Alexandra Pace, Nigerian nationals Collins Eguavoen, Marvis Iyeke and Tony Ogbonna had been arrested in February.
One of Malta’s most prolific Nigerian footballing imports, Sunday Eboh, has been charged with four others in a romance fraud case.
Eboh, Maltese national Alexandra Pace, Nigerian nationals Collins Eguavoen, Marvis Iyeke and Tony Ogbonna were arrested late Monday night to be charged with money laundering.
Police said that an elderly Maltese woman fell victim to the fraud after engaging in an online relationship with who she thought was an American soldier deployed in Afghanistan. The soldier was supposedly returning to Malta once his deployment ended.
Despite never meeting with the soldier, the woman took the relationship seriously, and transferred €58,000 to the person who allegedly asked her to pay for his expenses.
Victim paid €58,000 to online suitor posing as American soldier passing through Malta, four Nigerians and one Maltese charged with money laundering