Written by Lanre Adewole and Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare
ONE Etchie Joseph (a.k.a Stanley Oberman), was on Tuesday, remanded
in Kirikiri Maximum Prison by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja over
an alleged $8,900 love scam, with his bail application expected to be
heard on January 19, 2013.
He was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) before Justice Adebisi Akinlade on a three-count charge bordering
on attempt to obtain money under false pretence and possession of
fraudulent documents.
One of the counts in the charges read: “Etchie Joseph ( a.k.a Stanley
Oberman), on or about October 30, 2007, at Pulsenet Cybercafé, No. 24,
Opebi Road, Ikeja, within the Ikeja judicial division, had in your
possession, a document containing false pretence to wit: an e-mail dated
September 25, 2007 purportedly to be written by Stanley Oberman and
falsely represented that Stanley Oberman had the sum of $5,450 to be
transferred to Dale.”
Joseph was reportedly arrested by operatives of the EFCC at a
cybercafé in Lagos for falsely presenting himself as Oberman and as a
white man to one Veronica Pena and claimed to be resident at LA Grange,
KY 40031 , United States of America (USA).
The accused confessed that he tried to defraud Pena, but was not successful and was about to give up when he was arrested.
However, when the charges were read to him, the accused pleaded not
guilty, prompting the prosecution counsel, Francis Usani to ask the
court to fix a date for trial.
However, defence counsel, O. F. Latona, asked for an adjournment to argue the application.
The presiding judge therafter adjourned the case till January 19, 2013.
Culled: Tribune
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