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Inner London Crown Court has sentenced five Nigerians to jail in the UK over the theft of £610,000 from business bank accounts.

According to Newham Recorder, the five Nigerians involved in the fraudulent act are Victor Oke, 39; Desmond Abifade, 25; Moses Kuye, 28; Melinda Mensah-Oke, 37; and Arinola Kuye, 27.

According to the Newspaper, Victor Oke, 39, of Galleons Drive, Barking, used stolen data provided by Desmond Uyiosa Abifade, 25, of Henniker Road, Stratford, to falsely impersonate company directors via telephone banking.

Once Oke gained access to the funds, he diverted them to ‘mule’ beneficiary accounts monitored by his partner in crime, Moses Kuye, 28, of Connaught Road, Silvertown.

Melinda Mensah-Oke, 37, also of Galleons Drive, impersonated company directors when a female voice was needed, while Arinola Kuye, 27, also of Connaught Road, played the role of 'money launderer' for the group.

They were snared after being spotted by fraud investigators at HSBC, who passed the case to the dedicated card and payment crime unit (DCPCU) to investigate.

London police officers traced the calls to them, all five were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

All five of them pleaded not guilty to the charge.


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At the court’s sitting on Wednesday, Victor Oke who used the stolen data provided by his cohort, was sentenced to four years in prison.

Moses Kuye was jailed for three years and three months, while Melinda Mensah-Oke received a fourteen month suspended sentence and Abifade, a two-year suspended sentence.

Arinola Kuye, on the other hand, got a 12-month community order and instructed to complete 50 hours of unpaid work.

DC Dave Cass, who investigated the case for the DCPCU said: “This was a concerted effort to commit fraud against two companies and profit from crime”.

“The police take fraud very seriously and these sentences should send a message to fraudsters that you will be caught and punished,” he said.

All losses were refunded to the genuine business account holders.

Source - https://www.veeinsider.com/news/five-nigerians-jailed-in-uk-for-fraud/

Nigerians will never stop to embarrass us. What a mess.

It's their work ooo, soft work!!

joint task force

Lol, they're searching for greener pastures.

divinehand2003:
Nigerians will never stop to embarrass us. What a mess.