According to a report by Punch Metro, the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission has preferred 11 charges bordering on fraud against
upcoming musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, for alleged credit
card fraud.
The musician effectively risks seven years in jail if found guilty, as Section 33 (2) which he was accused of breaching, reads: “Any
person who uses: a counterfeit access device; an unauthorised access
device; an access device issued to another person; resulting in a loss
or gain commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to
imprisonment for a term of not more than seven years or a fine of not
more than N5,000,000.00 and forfeiture of the advantage or value derived
from his act.
The charges with suit number FHC/L/178C/19 were filed before a Lagos State High Court.
Some of the credit cards, according to the EFCC, bore the names- Nicole Louise Malyon, and Timea Fedorne Tatar.
The alleged crimes were in contravention of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act and the Cyber Crimes Act.
The charges read in part, “That you, Azeez Adeshina Fashola,
aka Naira Marley, and Raze (still at large), on or about the 11th day of
December 2018, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court,
conspired amongst yourselves to use access card 42658840359191132 issued
to persons other than you in a bid to obtain gain and you thereby
committed an offence contrary to Section 27(1)(b) of the Cyber Crimes
(Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section
33(2) of the Same Act.
“That you, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, aka Naira Marley, and Raze
(still at large), on or about the 10th day of May 2019, within the
jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud possessed
counterfeit card 4921819410257431 issued to Timea FedorneTatar and you
thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section
33(9) of Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015.”
The artiste has been enmeshed in controversy in the last one month
following his decision to openly support online fraud commonly called
‘Yahoo Yahoo’.
He was arrested last Friday along with four others including his bosom friend, Zlatan Ibile.
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