The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 23, 2015 arraigned one Nwakanma C. Chukwudi
before Justice D.V Agishir of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on a
12-count charge bordering on cyber crime, obtaining money by false pretence and
impersonation.
The 30-year-old suspect, who claimed
to be a “British national” named Barry Bernard, is being prosecuted for duping
one Donnalynn, a Canadian, whom he met on a dating site.
In the course of their romantic
affair, Chukwudi, who also claimed to be resident in Manchester, United
Kingdom, had sent several love mails and pictures to Donnalynn.
Consequently, Donnalynn did not have
any course to doubt him when he requested for $26,520 Canadian dollars from
her, having been communicating with him over a period of time.
However, when she later found out
that she had been duped, she petitioned the EFCC.
One of the charges reads: ‘‘That you
Nwakanma C. Chukwudi (alias
Barry Bernard) on or about the 10th
day of June, 2014 in Enugu, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court
of Nigeria with intent to defraud had in your possession (email box- barrybernard777@yahoo.com), a document containing a picture
in which you represented yourself as a white man by name Barry Bernard, a
pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to
Sections 6 and 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences
Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.’’
However, the accused person pleaded
not guilty to the 12- count charge.
Justice Agishir adjourned the matter
to April 7, 2015 for consideration of the bail application and ordered the accused
to be remanded in prison custody.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
24th March, 2015
Head, Media & Publicity
24th March, 2015
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