Court Sentenced Brother & Sister To Jailed Over Allegedly Internet Scam

Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on May 11 convicted and sentenced two siblings, Chukwudi Ugwueke and Sophia Ugwueke, to two years imprisonment each, with an option of N400,000 fine each.

The duo were charged by EFCC, on a single-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents with intent to defraud one Lisa Marie Nors, an American citizen.

The convicts were arrested at their residence in Sapele, Delta State based on intelligence on their illegal activities that bordered on defrauding foreigners through internet scams.

Justice Obile, after going through the evidences tendered by the prosecution counsel, M.T. Iko, found the siblings guilty and accordingly convicted them.