Lagos Court Jails Iweregbu, Internet Fraudster On FBI List
The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Chimah Daniel Iweregbu.
Iweregbu is on the wanted list of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, for engaging in internet fraud.
He was arrest by operatives of the EFCC on August 12, 2020, for his involvement in an online romance scam and was arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos in December 2020.
He, however, pleaded “guilty” to the charges, prompting the prosecuting counsel, Franklyn Ofoma, to urge the court to sentence and convict him accordingly.
In his review of the facts against the defendant, Ofoma told the court that investigation of the FBI intelligence report given to the EFCC revealed that iweregbu was into an online romance scam.
“He normally disguised as Captain Larry Pham to defraud his victims, who are mostly females.
“When he was arrested by the EFCC, he admitted his role in engaging in internet scam,” he said.
According to Ofoma, forensic analysis of his phone and computer revealed indicting documents and other evidence, which he used to perpetrate the $15,000 fraud.
Ofoma, thereafter, presented in evidence the documents printed by the EFCC from his mobile phone and computer, the statement he made in the EFCC custody as well as the intelligence report of the FBI, all of which were admitted as exhibits.
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The defence counsel, Z.S. Makinde, pleaded with the Court to temper justice with mercy, as the convict did not waste the time of the Court and was a first-time offender.
“Iweregbu is a father of two and his wife just gave birth.
“He has also shown remorse, and at the time the offence was committed, he, indeed, wanted to marry the white lady,” he added.
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Justice Taiwo sentenced him to 18 months in prison on each of the three counts to run concurrently, with an option of fine of N100, 000.00 on each count.
The Judge also granted the application of the prosecution to forfeit the iPhone and laptop recovered from him to the Federal Government.
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