Press Release
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Ohiwerei
Charity
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Ibhonitie and Charity allegedly belong to the group of fraudsters using
the Internet to defraud unsuspecting victims.
Ibhonitie allegedly defrauded one Mrs. Weidman Andrea Sabrie, a German,
of the sum of $ 91,000 (Ninety-One Thousand United States Dollars) by
pretending to be an American working in Nigeria for a road construction
company.
To access the proceeds of the fraud, Ibhonitie allegedly opened a domiciliary account in the name of one Mr. Steven. He entered into an agreement with Charity, the account officer that opened the account for him, on how the proceeds from the crime will be shared.
By the arrangement, Charity was to keep 3 percent of every inflow to
herself while 7 percent will go to Ibhonitie. The remaining 90 percent, by the
arrangement, went to Steven. However, investigations showed that Ibhonitie was
the same as Steven.
When the charges were read to them, they pleaded not guilty.
One of the counts read:
"Dandeson Ebosele Ibhonitie (a.k.a Dandy James, Connor Mead,
Barrister Louis Harpoch, Brett Francis Steven (still at large) and Ohiwerei
Charity on or about the 2nd day of April, 2014 at Benin within the Benin
judicial division, with intent to defraud obtained the sum of USD
45,000.00 (Forty Five Thousand United State Dollars) from Mrs. Weidman Andrea
Sabrie, a German national through Skye Bank of Nigeria Limited Account No:
2520346555 in the name of Dandy James by falsely pretending to her that the
said sum of money represented legal fee for Barrister Louis Harpoch for your
defense which pretence you knew to be false".
In view of their pleas, prosecuting counsel, Ayokunle Fayanju, prayed the court for a trial date. He also opposed the bail applications of the defendants.
Justice Ikponmwen adjourned the matter till August, 30, 2014 for hearing of bail applications and ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison custody.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
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