Tobechukwu Igbokwe and Ifeanyi Obi were arraigned before Justice Lawal
of a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on a 12-count charge bordering on
forgery, conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences.
The suspects have been remanded in prison custody pending their bail hearing.
Igbokwe, a 19-year-old secondary school leaver, has, under fraudulent
guises, allegedly duped his victims, many of them foreigners, of huge
sums through the Internet.
He worked in concert with Obi to dupe an American, Michael Silva, of
$40 million in an inheritance scam. Silva was led to believe that
Igbokwe and his accomplice had a huge inheritance that they wanted to
move to a foreign account for safekeeping. The victim was then asked to
send money to "process" the transfer. In the process, $40 million were
made in installments through Western Union Transfer to Igbokwe and Obi.
Tobechukwu Igbokwe, alias David Prince, alias John Emma, is facing charges for allegedly tricking other unsuspecting foreigners into handling him sums as large as $6,000, $15,000.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges read to them.
Justice Akapo adjourned the matter till December 3, and ordered that
the defendants be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos.
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