In a
statement on Monday, spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
Mr Wilson Uwujaren, identified the duo as Chukwudi Ugwueke a.k.a James Scott
and Sophia Ugwueke.
Two siblings,
a male and female, have been sentenced to two years in prison each for Internet
fraud in Warri, Delta.
Uwujaren said
they were sentenced by Justice E. A .Obile of the Federal High Court, Warri,
but were given an option of N400,000 fine each.
EFCC
operatives arrested the convicts at their residence in Sapele, Delta, in
January based on intelligence on their illegal activities bordering on
defrauding foreigners through Internet scams.
They were
first arraigned on Feb. 1 on a 13-count, but pleaded not guilty, according to
the EFCC spokesman.
However, when
the case came up for hearing on May 11, they pleaded guilty to an amended
one-count charge of possession of fraudulent documents with intent to defraud
one Lisa Marie Nors, an American.
After
reviewing the evidence tendered by the prosecution counsel, M. T. Iko, Justice
Obile found the duo guilty and convicted them accordingly, Uwujaren said.
(NAN)
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