Three bag one-year jail term over $215,084.75 Internet Scam

Obaro James Omemi, Ehizojie Slyvanus Omokhuale and Eghosa Atekha Osunde have been sentenced to jail for an offense bordering on the transfer of criminal proceeds to a nominee to the tune of $215,084.75.

They were initially arraigned last year, alongside a logistics company on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretense, retention of proceeds of a criminal conduct and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of $348,277.75 and N817,345,302.00. They pleaded "not guilty" to the charges.

They were finally re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, February 3, 2020 on an amended one-count charge of the transfer of criminal proceeds to a nominee to the tune of $215,084.75, after they changed their plea of "not guilty" to "guilty."

During the proceedings, counsel to the prosecution, S.O. Daji, filed a review of the facts and pleaded with court to sentence the defendants according to the terms of the plea bargain filed on November 27, 2019, which included that the second defendant would return the sum of N30m (Thirty Million Naira) within six months of release from custody, while also reporting to the EFCC every month, as gathered by MyNigeria from the antigraft commission's website.

Delivering judgment, Justice Taiwo convicted and sentenced the defendants to one year in prison each, with an option of N350,000.00k (Three Hundre

Justice Taiwo sentenced them to prison for an offence bordering on transfer of criminal proceeds to a nominee to the tune of $215,084.75.

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d and Fifty Thousand Naira).

Justice Taiwo also ordered that the Toyota Prado with registration number EKY-169-EZ, Toyota Highlander with registration number EKY-678-ET, Mercedes Bens C300 with registration number EKY-680-EW,Toyota Camry AKD-228-EA, one Apple Macbook Pro Laptop, one iPhone X, one iPhone 6 and the sum of N10,000,000 draft raised in favour of EFCC recovered from the defendants be forfeited to the Federal Government to restitute the victim through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.