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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Command, on Monday, November 22, 2021, secured the conviction of four fraudsters before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State for cyber-fraud related offences.
The defendants: John Stephen Oluebube (a.k.a NG Okpara), Emmanuel Alabuike Chiagozie (alias Diego Carlos), Chukwu Prince Ebuka (a.k.a Voilet Chukwu) and Emmanuel Chibuike Ndu (alias Shikin Nuru), pleaded guilty to separate one count charge preferred against them by the Commission.
Justice Ojukwu convicted the defendants and sentenced them to six months imprisonment each with the option of various fines. The convicts are to restitute their victims and forfeit the instruments used in committing the crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Chibuike Ndu who was arrested on October 29, 2021 at World Bank Housing Estate, Umuahia Abia state, criminally presented himself as Shinkin Nurul and defrauded his victim of the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty US Dollars ($1750), using a fictitious Crypto Currency investment platform Treasure – Firm.com.
Chiagozie was ordered to restitute $400 to his victim. He fraudulently presented himself as Diego Carlos an American on Instagram and defrauded a Taiwanese woman of the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400).
Oluebube defrauded a Thai woman, using an online google translator which he used to translate from Thai language to English with a fictitious name (NG Okpara) was ordered to return N100, 000 to his victim.
