The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Command, on Thursday, handed over the sum of Nineteen Million Naira (N19, 000,000,000) and other properties recovered from a convicted internet scammer to an American victim, Cheryldene Cook.
The properties include a three-bedroom semi-detached duplex at Ward 36A Amagba Community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, a Lexus E350 saloon car, an iPhone 13 Pro Max and a Samsung A31 phone.
According to EFCC, the convict, Aisosa Kelvin Ohue, cheated the victim in a love scam while pretending to be a famous actor, Frederick Leonard.
He was arraigned in January on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense before Justice C.E Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High, Kuje, who ordered the forfeiture of the property.
Count one of the charges read, “that you, Aiosa Kelvin Orhue (AKA Fredrick Leonard) sometime in 2021, at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court, by false pretense and with intent to defraud obtained the sum of N104,000,000 (One Hundred and Four Million Naira) only from one Cheryldene Cook, that you are one Frederick Leonard who is in love with her and you made her to believe that you are going to marry her which you knew to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Sections 1 (1)(a) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 respectively”.
The victim, Cook, who flew in from the United States of America to receive the items, was accompanied to the Commission by her lawyer, Dr. Mike Nwosu. She expressed her appreciation to the Commission for the recovery.
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