A suspected Internet fraudster, Okeke Fred, was on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a three-count charge bordering on Internet fraud, impersonation and possession of scam documents.
Fred was arraigned before Justice O. Tokode of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin City, Edo State.
One of the charges reads: “That you, Okeke Fred ‘M’ sometime in 2015 in Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, had in your possession documents containing a false representation to wit: fraudulent mails found in your laptop, which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the said Act.’’
A second charge reads: “That you, Okeke Fred ‘M’ sometime in 2015 in Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did possess documents containing false representation that you are David Dennis, which said representation you made to one Debbie Gallogly, which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of the said Act.’’
The accused person pleaded not guilty to two of the count charges.
Justice Tokode adjourned the matter to June 7 for trial.
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