‘Senator’ Defrauds Konga of 100 Pieces of iPhone6 Valued N35m

‘Senator’ Defrauds Konga of 100 Pieces of iPhone6 Valued N35m

A man, John Adindu Nweke, who claimed to be Senator Haruna Bala Usman, has defrauded an online shopping store, Konga Shopping Online Limited, of mobile phones valued N35 million.

Nweke, was said to have succeeded in  defrauding the online shopping store, Konga, by using the name of a Nigerian Senator.

The fake Senator, was said to have carried out the criminal act alongside Kelechi Chetachi Emenike, Anike Igwe Stephen and Peter Ogbonnaya, who is said to be at Large.

Apart from defrauding Konga of the said N35 million phones, he was also accused of issued a Zenith Bank cheque valued N7. 635 million, to Konga Shopping Online Limited, but upon presentation for cashment was rejected due to non funding of the account.

Consequently, the fake Senator Musa and Kelechi have been charged before a Federal High Court, Lagos, on a five-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence, issuance of dud cheques

Both Fake Senator Musa and Kelechi were charged before Court by the men of Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos on the said offences.

The second amended charge filed before the court against the two accused persons by the PSFU’s Chief Legal Office, Mr. Emmanuel Jackson, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), alleged that the defendants and other at large committed the offence in Lagos, between April and May 2015

The offences according to the CSP Jackson are contrary to sections 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act and 17(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012″.

Both the fake Senator, Kelechi and one Anike Igwe Stephen, were first arraigned on the said offences on August 10, 2016.
And they all pleaded not guilty to the allegations.

However, the trial of the fake Senator and Kelechi on the amended charge, has been fixed for February 17 and 18, by Justice AbdulAziz Anka.

Count one to three of the charge against the fake Senator reads: 

That you Dr. John Adindu Nweke, alias Senator Haruna Bala Musa, Kelechi Chetachi Emenike and others at large, between April and May, 2015, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conspired with Peter Ogbonnaya now at large, and with others, to obtain 6 (six) mobile phones, worth N35 milli from Konga Online Shopping Limited, by false pretends, and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006 but punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act. 

“That you Dr. John Adindu Nweke, alias Senator Haruna Baia Musa, Kelechi Chetachi Emenike and others at large, between April and May, 2015, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, induced Konga Online Shopping Ltd, through its staff and officers to deliver to you about 100 pieces of Iphone 6, valued at about N35 million, by falsely representing that payment for the said phones had been made through valid cheques and by you into Konga Online Shopping Ltd’s account with Zenith Bank Plc, which representations you knew to be false or did not believe to be true, and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006. 

“That you Dr. John Adindu Nweke, alias Senator Haruna Bala Musa, Kelechi Chetachi Emenike and others at large, between April and May, 2015, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, took possession of knowing that the mobile phones were obtained from Konga Online Shopping Ltd false pretences, which is a criminal conduct, and thereby committed an offence, punishable under section 17(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012”.

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