EFCC Re-arraigns Father, Son for Alleged N5.6bn Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned one Emmanuel Adewunmi Jayeoba alongside his son, Adewale Daniel Jayeoba, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The defendants were re-arraigned on a 14-count amended information bordering on money laundering to the tune of N5, 697, 029, 685 ( Five Billion, Six Hundred and Ninety –seven Million, Twenty-Nine Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty- Five Naira).
One of the counts reads: “ That you, Adewale Daniel Jayeoba and Emmanuel Adewunmi Jayeoba, between 2019 and 2020, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, conspired amongst yourselves to use the aggregate sum of N5.697,029,685 (Five Billion, Six Hundred and Ninety seven Million, Twenty nine Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty five Naira), which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of your unlawful activity to wit: carrying on banking business without valid license and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012 and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.”
They pleaded “not guilty “to the offence.
In view of their pleas, the prosecution counsel, Chinenye Okezie, asked the court for a trial date and also prayed that the defendants be remanded in prison custody.
In response, counsel to the defendants, I.A. Raji, informed the court that the defendants had previously been granted bail by Justice Nicholas Oweibo.
He, however, told the court that the defendants had not been able to perfect the bail conditions.
The defence counsel, therefore, prayed the court for a short date for the hearing of the bail variation.
Justice Aneke adjourned the matter to October 17, 2022 and December 6, 2022 for hearing of the bail application and trial respectively.
The Judge also ordered the defendants to be remanded in prison custody.
Two Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms In Makurdi.
The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of two internet fraudsters.
The convicts : Francis Ekene Kerry and Francis Emmanuel Chibuike, were jailed on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 by Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
They were convicted after pleading guilty to a one- count separate charge preferred against them by the EFCC.
The charge against Kerry reads: “That you, Francis Ekene Kerry, sometime in 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud advertised to the public on your Instagram account named Official Page of Petra-Techz as a cyber security expert and defrauded unsuspecting foreigners, a message which materially misrepresented facts and caused the recipients a cumulative loss of N1, 535,471 (One Million, Five Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand, Four Hundred and Seventy One Naira only ) and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 14(2) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention Etc) Act, 2015″.
They both pleaded “guilty” to the charges when they were read to them.
In view of their pleas, prosecution counsels: George Chai-Yakua, reviewed the facts of the cases before the court, while praying that the defendants be convicted and sentenced accordingly.
Delivering judgment, Justice Muhammed convicted and sentenced Kerry to one year imprisonment, with an option of fine of N200,000.00 ( Two Hundred Thousand Naira).
Chibuike was also convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment, with an option of fine of N100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira Only).
The two convicts started their journey to the Correctional Centre, when they were arrested by operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the EFCC for impersonating foreigners and defrauding their victims through false claims.
Source:EFCC.gov.ng
