Fake ‘CBN governor’ gets three year jail term
Justice Agatha Anulika Okeke of a Federal High Court, Uyo,
Akwa Ibom State, has convicted and sentenced Nwalozie Onyebuchi Julius, who
used the identity of Dr. Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria to commit fraud, to three years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The convict was arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Office of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge,
bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of
N4.5million.
Nwalozie’s journey to jail began on December 6th 2019 when
he was arrested by the operatives of Uyo Zonal Office of the Commission, based
on reliable intelligence on the activities of internet fraudsters, operating in
Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Upon arrest, the convict confessed to the crime and a
forensic analysis of the HP laptop recovered from him further implicated him as
several incriminating documents of false pretence and fraudulent extortions
were printed from it which he also admitted, emanated from him.
Investigation also revealed that the convict's specialty was
Business Email Compromise-BEC and his modus operandi involved searching for
email addresses via Google search and sending convincing emails to his victims.
He also confessed to have used a particular email address,
(emefielegodwin586@yahoo.com) purportedly belonging to the C.B.N governor, Dr.
Godwin Emefiele in defrauding one Omar Deep, who thought he was actually
dealing with the real C.B.N Governor.
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