A 37-year-old Internet Fraudster popularly called Yahoo-Yahoo-Boy, Vincent Akintunde Abiodun, has been arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos State High Court for defrauding a New Zealand woman of the sum of $267,000, (about N5M).
Abiodun
who was dragged to the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), on Monday, January 23, 2017, on an amended charge
bordering on forgery and obtaining money by false pretence, was said to have defrauded the victim, D. Bonnici of the sum while claiming to be one Christopher Williams from the United Kingdom.
According
to the EFCC, Abiodun, an HND holder from Federal Polytechnic, Auchi,
Edo State, had met the victim on a dating site on the Internet and after
chatting for a while, she allegedly fell in love with him.
The victim in a petition sent to the EFCC,
said Abiodun started collecting money from her after he claimed he was
in possession of gemstone worth $18,050,000 which he purportedly
inherited from his father.
She further
said that the accused hoodwinked her into believing that he was coming
to New Zealand to settle down with her and sent the money to accounts in
Malaysia and Nigeria belong to persons bearing Norisha, Jalan Klan, and Mohammed Haizam Bin Fauzin, whom Abiodun claimed were his friends and business associates.
When the 14 counts were read to the accused, he pleaded not guilty and in view of his plea, the prosecuting counsel, Sesan Ola, prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody, opposing the bail application filed by defence counsel, O.P. Daramola,
on the grounds that Abiodun had attempted to travel to the United
States while on administrative bail and was similarly denied a Canadian
visa
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