EFCC Arraign Two for $91,000 Internet Fraud
Ibhonitie and Charity allegedly belong to the group of fraudsters using the internet to defraud unsuspecting victims.
Ibhonitie
allegedly defrauded one Mrs. Weidman Andrea Sabrie, a German, of the
sum of $91,000 (Ninety-One Thousand United States Dollars) by pretending
to be an American working in Nigeria for a road construction company.
To access the proceeds of the fraud, Ibhonitie allegedly opened a domiciliary account in the name of one Mr. Steven.
He
entered into an agreement with Charity, the account officer that opened
the account for him, on how the proceeds from the crime would be
shared.
By
the arrangement, Charity was to keep 3 percent of every inflow to
herself while 7 percent would go to Ibhonitie. The remaining 90 percent,
by the arrangement, went to Steven. However, investigations showed that
Ibhonitie was the same as Steven.
When the charges were read to them, they pleaded not guilty.
One of the counts read:
“Dandeson
Ebosele Ibhonitie a.k.a Dandy James, Connor Mead, Barrister Louis
Harpoch, Brett Francis Steven (still at large) and Ohiwerei Charity on
or about the 2nd day of April, 2014 at Benin within the Benin judicial
division, with intent to defraud obtained the sum of USD 45,000.00(Forty
Five Thousand United State Dollars) from Mrs. Weidman Andrea Sabrie, a
German national through Skye Bank of Nigeria Limited Account No:
2520346555 in the name of Dandy James by falsely pretending to her that
the said sum of money represented legal fee for Barrister Louis Harpoch
for your defense which pretence you knew to be false.”
In
view of their pleas, prosecuting counsel, Ayokunle Fayanju, prayed the
court for a trial date. He also opposed the bail applications of the
defendants.
Justice
Ikponmwen adjourned the matter till August 30, 2014, for hearing of
bail applications and ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison
custody.
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