Court jails woman seven years for N5.6m fraud in Kano

A Kano State High Court has convicted and condemnation a pistillate named Ebonine Rita Uzoamaka to 7 years situation word for obtaining N5.6 cardinal by mendacious pretense.

The condemnation was handed down by Maryam Sabo of the Kano State High Court, according to a connection posted connected the authoritative societal media grip of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Uzoamaka was arraigned connected August 18, 2021, connected a five-count complaint bordering connected dishonest misappropriation of funds totalling N5,660,000.

The EFCC stated that the convict was arrested for obtaining the N5.6 cardinal from her unfortunate nether the mendacious pretence of supplying D-Rich Baking Powder from Aba, Abia State. Upon receiving the funds, she allegedly failed to proviso the goods arsenic agreed and converted the wealth to idiosyncratic use, starring to her prosecution and eventual conviction.

One of the charges work successful part, “That you, Ebonine Rita Uzoamaka, connected the 18th January 2021 astatine Kano wrong the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, did get the sum of N2,000,000 lone from Ochayi Anthony Eneche, which you caused to beryllium paid into your slope relationship fig 0093030293 domiciled with Access Bank Plc nether the mendacious pretence that you had 500 cartons of D-Rich Baking Powder you would merchantability to him, which pretence you knew to beryllium false.”

The complaint was ...