According to Mr Onyeneho, sometime in January 2021, the convict fraudulently defrauded an American, Damian Frank, of $2,000 by posing as a female.
The musician, who sang the popular song ‘Am I a Yahoo boy’, was arraigned on May 20, 2019, before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, but he pleaded not guilty.
Mr Obiano withdrew the funds from various Fidelity Bank account numbers 5110032568, 5110032599, 5110032551, 5110032544, 5110032582, 8.1301E+11.
The money received by Amechi was sent through bank wire transfers, Western Union, Moneygram, money orders and cashier’s checks.
The Toyota Corolla vehicle was intercepted and the driver arrested along the Katsina-Jibia axis.
The money doublers defrauded Samuel Iromini of N400,000, HP laptop worth N85,000 and a Tecno spark 4 phone of N44,000.
Miroslav Pelta manipulated the distribution of development funds in favour of certain clubs as head of Czech soccer association.
BudgIT, a civic organisation, has described as “outrageous” and “inflated”, the N21
Mr Fanwo, however, declined The Gazette’s request seeking comments on the corporate documents.
“By assuming fictitious identities they defrauded dozens, which risks business health and in turn, erodes overall economic health,” said FBI.
