{"id":155515,"date":"2025-03-18T12:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/court-sentences-fraudster-to-2-years-imprisonment-orders-restitution-of-n15m"},"modified":"2025-04-03T17:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:02:55","slug":"court-sentences-fraudster-to-2-years-imprisonment-orders-restitution-of-n15m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-sentences-fraudster-to-2-years-imprisonment-orders-restitution-of-n15m","title":{"rendered":"Court sentences fraudster to 2 years imprisonment, orders restitution of N15m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Justice Dairus Khobo of the Kaduna High Court on Tuesday sentenced one Nathan Edward, 40, to two years\u2019 imprisonment for a N15 million fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The judge sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering his judgment, Justice Khobo held that the prosecution successfully proved the offences of conspiracy and fraud against Edward beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hereby sentence you, Edward, to two years\u2019 imprisonment without an option of fine with regard to count one and also two years without an option of fine with regard to count two,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe four years are to run concurrently, and I also order restitution as stated earlier in favor of the complainant, Tabitha Innocent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll money in the account of the convict shall be applied to offset the said \u20a615 million, and if the money is inadequate, the movable and immovable assets of the convict shall be jointly and\/or severally sold to offset the total amount fraudulently collected from the complainant,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Precious Onyeneho, Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told the court that the convict committed the offences sometime in September 2024 in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>Onyeneho said that the defendant and two others, who are at large, dishonestly deceived Innocent into paying N15 million into his FCMB account for six plots of land located at Kujama in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor stated that as soon as the convict confirmed the payment, he began avoiding calls from the complainant.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, all efforts made by Innocent to recover her money proved abortive.<\/p>\n<p>Onyeneho said the offences contravened the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Justice Dairus Khobo of the Kaduna High Court on Tuesday sentenced one Nathan Edward, 40, to two years\u2019 imprisonment for a N15 million fraud. The judge sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy and fraud. 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