N9V TV
Justice Agatha Anulika Okeke of a Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has convicted and sentenced Nwalozie Onyebuchi Julius, who used the identity of Dr. Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria to commit fraud, to three years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The convict was arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge, bordering on
impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of
N4.5million.
Nwalozie’s journey to jail began on December 6th 2019 when he was
arrested by the operatives of Uyo Zonal Office of the Commission, based
on reliable intelligence on the activities of internet fraudsters,
operating in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Upon arrest, the convict confessed to the crime and a forensic analysis
of the HP laptop recovered from him further implicated him as several
incriminating documents of false pretence and fraudulent extortions were
printed from it which he also admitted, emanated from him.
Investigation also revealed that the convict’s specialty was Business
Email Compromise-BEC and his modus operandi involved searching for email
addresses via Google search and sending convincing emails to his
victims. He also confessed to have used a particular email address, ([email protected])
purportedly belonging to the C.B.N governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele in
defrauding one Omar Deep, who thought he was actually dealing with the
real C.B.N Governor.
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