Yahoo: Man Charged to Court For $12,000 Scam Details:

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Aretuemhen Frank (a.K.A Williams Rodgers), earlier than Justice M. L Abubakar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a 4-matter fee bordering on false pretences, impersonation, possession of rip-off files, and acquiring money through fake pretence.

Frank turned into docked for allegedly defrauding an American lady, Thorman Benson, to the sum of $12000 in series of on line dating deals.

One of the depend charges study: “That you Aretuemhen Frank, on or approximately December, 2018, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State inside the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court fraudulently impersonated one Max Allen, a United States of America soldier, with cause to gain benefit for your self and thereby dedicated an offence contrary to Section 22 (3) (a) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, and so on) Act, 2015 and punishable below Section 22 (4) of the identical Act.”

The defendant pleaded now not guilty to the four-count number rate desired towards him.

In view of his plea, prosecuting counsel, Samuel Chime, implemented for an ordeal date to open his case, at the same time as the defence recommend, P.O Nworah, knowledgeable the court of an utility for bail for his patron.

Justice Abubakar granted the applicant bail within the sum of N1million and one surety in like sum.

The surety ought to be a civil servant dwelling in the jurisdiction of the court.

The choose also remanded him in EFCC custody, pending the time he meets his bail condition.

He adjourned the problem to July three, 2019 for trial.

Frank’s ordeal started out whilst operatives of the EFCC, acting on intelligence, raided his hideout and arrested him. An iPhone 6 plus was recovered from him.