TWO BROTHERS JAILED FIVE YEARS OVER $788 FRAUD
The count reads: “That you Otojareri Governor Lucky “M” (a.k.a) Sam Lewis and Otojareri President Mayor “M” (a.k.a) John Jacob Carison between the 8th of May, 2016, and 9th July, 2016 at Port Harcourt, Rivers State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of Seven Hundred and Eighty-Eight 788.00 (USD) through Moneygram transfer from one John Carison and Jean Rivera under the pretence that the said sum is an advance fee for the processing of a loan from Norton Finance Loans, Springfield, United Kingdom, a pretext you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”
Penpushing further reports that, the duo pleaded guilty to the one-count charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and subsequently sentenced to five years imprisonment with an option of fine of N100, 000.
The convicts bagged prison terms by fraudulently representing themselves as staff of Norton Finance, Springfield, United Kingdom to one John Carison, a United States citizen with a promise to assist him in getting loans from the company.
Penpushing further reports that, the anti-graft agency investigation showed that the brothers belonged to a syndicate of fraudsters who specialized in luring their victims into all kinds of phoney deals in order to defraud them of their money.
Meanwhile, the judge, Justice J. K. Omotosho when sentencing the convicts said the sentence is to run concurrently.
