Justice Okon Okon of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo on
Wednesday convicted and sentenced a fake lawyer, Emem Isreal Uboh,
to two years imprisonment for charges bordering on obtaining by
false pretence, issuance of dud cheque and defrauding one Bridget
Bassey the sum of N1, 240, 000.00 (One Million Two Hundred and
Forty Thousand Naira).
He conned the victim with claims that he is an international
business lawyer with the capacity to trade in foreign exchange.
Justice Okon found him guilty on two of the three counts
preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission.
Uboh’s journey to prison started when one Bridget Bassey
petitioned the Uyo Zonal office of the Commission, alleging that he
collected the sum of N1, 540, 000.00 (One Million Five Hundred and
Forty Thousand Naira) from her with the false claim that he was
going to help her invest the money by trading in Bitcon, which
never happened. When she insisted on getting her money back, the
convict issued her a cheque which was returned unpaid as the
account was not funded.
After months of investigation, Uboh was eventually arrested by
operatives of the Commission on Friday February 16, 2018, and
arraigned in court on March 19, 2018, when he pleaded not guilty to
the charges.
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