Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta
State, has convicted and sentenced two siblings, Chukwudi Ugwueke and
Sophia Ugwueke, to two years imprisonment each.
They were charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, on a single-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent
documents with intent to defraud one Lisa Marie Nors, an American
citizen.
According to a press release at the weekend by EFCC spokesman, Wilson
Uwujare, Justice Obile, after going through the evidences tendered by
the prosecution counsel, M.T. Iko, found the duo guilty and accordingly
convicted them.
He, however, gave them an option of N400,000 fine each.
The convicts were first arraigned on February 1, but pleaded not guilty to a 13-count.
However, when the matter came up for hearing, the accused persons
pleaded guilty to an amended one count charge and were accordingly
convicted and sentenced.
The convicts were arrested at their residence in Sapele, Delta State
based on intelligence on their illegal activities that bordered on
defrauding foreigners through internet scams.
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