Abuja court sentences man to seven years for $205,238 fraud

Summary

An Abuja High Court has sentenced Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley to seven years in prison for obtaining $205,238 from an American woman under false pretence.

Highlights

• Justice U.P. Kekemeke of the FCT High Court in Maitama handed down the sentence on Thursday.
• Kingsley was convicted on two counts relating to false pretence and possession of a document containing false pretence.
• The court ordered the two seven-year sentences to run concurrently at Kuje Correctional Centre.
• It also ordered him to restitute the victim, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, the sum of $205,238.
• The EFCC said the case involved a purported contract linked to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.