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Justice S.A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State on Monday, April 15, 2019, convicted and sentenced Chigozie Bright, Kingsley Anyasor, Osinachi Samdavid, Oyasi Desmond, Benice Anosike and Martins Ekpemadu to six months in prison each, for internet fraudFraud In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain (money or other assets), or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compensation) or criminal law (e.g., a fraud perpetrator may be prosecuted and imprisoned by governmental authorities), or it may cause no loss of money, property, or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong. The purpose of fraud may be monetary gain or other benefits, for example by obtaining a passport, travel document, or driver's license, or mortgage fraud, where the perpetrator may attempt to qualify for a mortgage by way of false statements. A fraud can also be a hoax, which is a distinct concept that involves deliberate deception without the intention of gain or of materially damaging or depriving a victim..

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Justice S.A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State on Monday, April 15, 2019, convicted and sentenced Chigozie Bright, Kingsley Anyasor, Osinachi Samdavid, Oyasi Desmond, Benice Anosike and Martins Ekpemadu to six months in prison each, for internet fraud.

The six convicts were said to have committed the offences at different times and charged separately by the Uyo Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCCEFCC Economic and Financial Crimes Commission The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud), scams, and money laundering. The EFCC was established in 2003, partially in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), which named Nigeria as one of 23 countries non-cooperative in the international community's efforts to fight money laundering. The agency has its head office in Abuja, Nigeria..

Bright, who also goes by Abdul Esther on April 5, 2019, falsely presented himself as a Syrian widow to Jose Luis Cruz Diaz through the email, abdulesther7@gmail.com.

Anyasor alias Rasha Ademar on March 3, 2019, pretended to be Rasha Ademar of Instanbul, Turkey using same to obtain money from one Jorge Davila.

Osinachi alias Maya Ahmed on April 4, 2019 also presented himself to one Rafiq Dayi as a widowed Syrian refugee, using the email, mayaahmed093@gmail.com, with the sole aim of defrauding Rafiq.

Oyasi alias James Williams on the other hand, pretended to be a caucasian male and obtained as much as $226,578.96(Two Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy Eight Dollars Ninety Six Cents) from one Ribeiro Anthonia a Hong Kong Nationale, between March 5 and June 19, 2018.

Anosike alias Sarah Abdul on April 3, 2019, posed as a foreigner named Keri with the email, sarahabdul309@gmail.com to defraud his unsuspecting victims.

Ekpemadu alias Selda Abu on April 2, 2019, also faked his identity and succeeded in defrauding one Ivan Horvat.

They pleaded “guilty” to the offence.

In view of the guilty plea and the plea bargain agreement between the prosecution and the defence, Justice Amobeda convicted them accordingly, and gave each of them an option of N100,000 as fine.

They were also ordered to forfeit all the instruments used in committing the said crime, to the Federal Government, including their three bedroom and two bedroom apartments.

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