“This offence of obtaining under false pretence is an endemic disease that needs an urgent diagnosis and treatment.”
A Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, on Tuesday, sentenced a fraudster to 10 years in prison for advance fee fraud. on three separate charges of Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Acts 2006.
Delivering judgment on the matter, the Judge, Okon Abang, said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and therefore convicted Mr Meyeoghene on the three charges. The judge sentenced Mr Meyeoghene to 10 years on each of the three charges without an option of a fine. The sentences are to run concurrently.
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