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EFCC arraigns man for alleged $3,500 fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned one Abdullahi Mukit at the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, for alleged $3,500 fraud.
Mukit was arraigned on a two-count charge of possession of fraudulent document and obtaining under false pretences.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read out to him.
The EFCC counsel, Mr. Ahmed Yerima, urged the court to pick a trial date and remand the defendant at the correctional centre pending the commencement of trial.
The defence counsel, Mr. Idowu Alaba, however, informed the court that his client had applied for a plea bargain agreement.
Alaba asked for a short date to finalise the agreement.
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He also urged the court to remand the defendant in EFCC custody.
Justice Mojisola Dada, thereafter, remanded the defendant at EFCC’s custody and adjourned the case till December 9 for hearing of the plea bargain agreement.
The EFCC had earlier told the court that the defendant committed the offences on April 18 in Lagos.
The commission said the defendant with intent defraud had in his possession a document printed from his text-plus account, linked to his mobile number to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
The EFCC also submitted that the defendant fraudulently obtained an aggregate sum of $3,500 from unsuspecting members of the public by falsely representing himself as a female.
According to the prosecution, the offences violated Sections 1(1)(2) and 6, (8)(b) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, No. 14, 2006.
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