Man jailed for attempting to dupe Australian of $800,000

A Lagos High Court has convicted and sentenced one Promise Ekemini to one year imprisonment, for attempting to sell the property of an Australian valued at $800,000.

Ekemini was said to have hacked the e-mail of his target victim, Brian Daniel, and offered his property on Western Australia for sale on the internet.

The police in Austrialia were said to have alerted officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, who later arrested him.

A statement by the EFCC on Sunday stated that he was arraigned in April, 2014 on five counts bordering on conspiracy to defraud, attempt to obtain money by false pretences and forgery.

It added that the Justice Kudirat Jose-led court found him guilty of all the charges and convicted him.

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His sentence is to run from the day of his arraignment.

The statement read in part, “Ekemini got into trouble by impersonating Brian Daniel, the owner of a property located at No. 143, Sprinaway Parade, Falcon, Western Australia and offering his property to buyers on the internet without the consent of the owner.

“The Australian Police alerted the EFCC to monitor a controlled delivery of some documents related to the transactions to Ekemini. He was arrested at the point of collection of the documents.”

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