{"id":97993,"date":"2023-10-18T21:32:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/court-jails-man-for-30000-investment-fraud-in-lagos"},"modified":"2023-10-18T23:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:46:27","slug":"court-jails-man-for-30000-investment-fraud-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-jails-man-for-30000-investment-fraud-in-lagos","title":{"rendered":"Court jails man for $30,000 investment fraud in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Gabriel Ohaohakara to one-year imprisonment for $30,000 crypto investment fraud.<\/p>\n

Ohaohakara was said to have perpetrated the scam by creating a fake investment and a telegram channel for the same purpose.<\/p>\n

He was jailed on Thursday, October 12, 2023, after pleading guilty to a one-count charge bordering on cryptocurrency fraud, upon being arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.<\/p>\n

The charge reads: \u201cThat you, IHEOHAKARA GABRIEL, on or about the 24th November 2022 in Lagos, within the Judicial Division of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, had in your possession a document containing \u201cCrypto Currency Fraud Activity\u201d and other related documents for an online fraudulent activity which you knew to be false.\u201d<\/p>\n

The offence is contrary to Sections 6, 8 (b) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud<\/p>\n

He pleaded \u201cguilty\u201d to the charge when it was read to him.<\/p>\n

Following his guilty plea, prosecution counsel, Akhanolu Ikhuoria Godsent, prayed the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.<\/p>\n

Delivering judgment on Thursday, October 12, 2023, Justice Abike-Fadipe convicted him and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment, with an option of a fine of N1,000,000 (One Million Naira only) and 1000 hours of community service.<\/p>\n

The judge also ordered that the iPhone 13 pro max recovered from him be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria, while the sum of $30000 be restituted to the victim.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Gabriel Ohaohakara to one-year imprisonment for $30,000 crypto investment fraud. Ohaohakara was said to have perpetrated the scam by creating a fake investment and a telegram channel for the same purpose. He was jailed on Thursday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,69,206,254],"class_list":["post-97993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-court","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nCourt jails man for $30,000 investment fraud in Lagos - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justice O.O. 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