The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 secured the conviction of one Onovo Osita Malachy at the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State.

The convict was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence. He was said to have fraudulently obtained the sum of $140,000 (One Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars) from a foreigner through a love scam.

Upon arraignment, the defendant pleaded “guilty” to the charge.

The charge reads: "That you Onovo Osita Malachy on or about 4th day of July 2017 in Benin Edo State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did by means of fraudulent trick to wit: love scam on a dating site obtained the sum of $140,000 only from Helen Wang and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 421 of the Criminal Code Act CAP C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,2004."

Based on his plea, the prosecuting counsel, Larry Aso Peters, prayed the court to convict and sentence the defendant accordingly.

The defence counsel, I. U. Uchechukwu pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as the defendant “has become remorseful”.

Justice A. A. Demi-Ajayi sentenced the defendant to 12 months imprisonment. The convict is also to forfeit all assets traced to him including an uncompleted building and a Toyota Camry 2007 model to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

See more: https://zenithnaija.com/yahoo-boy-who-defrauded-foreigner-140000-jailed-for-12-months-in-benin/

But whites are mumu

12 months only Yahoo is meant to be life imprisonment

A

E no even show for im body....

Ko Han lara e...

Owo olowo.....

Comman marry gone wrong...

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E don smoke all d money finish.

GOFRONT:
But whites are mumu

u scam them max. 2billion dollars per year. They scam you 50b dols per year. Who mumu

Someone or some people has/have collected money

That means Yahoo boys are hustling for nigeria govt naaa...
Why forefiet them to FG instead of returning it to the white woman..

Let me goan look for the woman on Facebook and tell her the FGN has stolen the money Onovo stole from her....

12 months only...

Property/Money forfeited to FG...


I'm weak, what happen to returning the money to Helen Wang?

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why e go forfeit d properties to federal Government? Wetin do d woman she don die? Abi efcc don dae steal wit tricks abi

flejnr2:
12 months only

He pleaded guilty so the judge must have been lenient instead of wasting the courts time

Crime doesn't pay. It will never pay.

see money you have the mind to steal from another person... una get mind o these yahoo people

No shaking
When he returns, pressing continues.

GOFRONT:
But whites are mumu

Day are not mumu, ,,they have been wired to trust easily and lve easily
But nigeria brain due to hardship is d other way round

He don go back to square one... Lose everything and still go to jail.

Only 12

E be like say him no plus the g. Anyway to those g boys eating shit and bread,seriously ona get mind.

Scam everywhere. Scammer scamming Scammer be FG matter

GOFRONT:
But whites are mumu

No they aren't... Just because they are too trusting doesn't make them a mugu. It makes them right thinking humans.

Fran6ik:
That means Yahoo boys are hustling for nigeria govt naaa...
Why forefiet them to FG instead of returning it to the white woman..

you just type my mind

Just one year.. The will take it like nysc service... Say we go soon comot

flejnr2:
12 months only Yahoo is meant to be life imprisonment

For ?

12 months