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Fresh Charges Against UBA Over Alleged Swindling A business Man $950,000

<h4>Fresh Charges Against UBA Over Alleged Swindling<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force has filed second amended charge before a Lagos Federal high court against United Bank for Africa&comma;a&period;k&period;a UBA&comma; two of it&&num;8217&semi;s staff and a limited liability company&comma; Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Limited and it&&num;8217&semi;s Managing Director alleged to have swindled a Lagos business man Chief Vincent Ezenwa to the tune of N242&comma;015&comma;000&period;00 Equivalent of 950&comma;000 Dollar&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a four count charge filed before the court by the Police prosecuting counsel&comma;Legal &sol;prosecution section&comma; Force Headquarters Louis Edet House&comma;Abuja&comma; Deputy Commissioner of Police&comma; Simon Lough SAN&comma; leading another Police Legal officer from Lagos&comma; Barrister Morufu Animashaun&comma;it was alleged that Emeka Njoku 41years&comma;former marketer with United Bank for Africa&comma; Onyinyechi Oraegbunem&comma; &&num;8220&semi;F&&num;8221&semi; fomer branch manager of UBA Aba branch&comma;and Pamela Onaga &&num;8220&semi;F&&num;8221&semi;former staff of UBA&sol;account officer to Vincent Ezenwa now at large and United Bank for Africa &comma; between 3rd April 2013 and 31st of June 2013 in Lagos and Aba&comma; while acting in concert and with intent to defraud Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa&comma;Managing Director of Vinna Investment Limited aids and abets Chibueze Ojeh 40 years Managing Director of Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Limited&period;of Lekki County homes and Castle &amp&semi; Logistic Limited to commit offence of obtaining money by false pretence when they induced Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa to transfer the sum of N242&comma;015&comma;000 from his UBA account to the UBA account of Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics in Lagos which was withdraw by Chibueze Ojeh&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The offences alleged to have been committed by UBA and other four other defendants are contrary to and punishable under sections&comma;1&lpar;1&rpar;&comma;1&lpar;3&rpar;&comma;8&lpar;a&rpar; of the advance fee fraud and other related offences Act 2006&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The charge has been adjourned till after Easter vacation for trial&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The amended charge as filed before the court by the combine Police prosecutors from Abuja and Lagos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Second Amended Charge&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Count 1<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That you Chibueze Ojeh &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi; 40 years MD&sol;CEO of Castle Equipment &amp&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Logistics Limited of Lekki County Homes&comma; Westend Estate Road 4&comma; House<br &sol;>&NewLine;4 Lekki Lagos state&comma; Obinna Nwosu &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi; 45years of No&period; 1 Shofidiya Close&comma; Adegoke Estate&comma; Masha Roundabout Sururere Lagos&comma; Emeka Njoku &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;41years former marketer with United Bank for Africa&comma; of No&period; 3 Azikiwe Road Port Harcourt&comma; Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Ltd and United Bank for Africa&semi; Onyinyechi Oraegbunem &&num;8216&semi;F&&num;8217&semi; former branch manager of UBA Aba branch and Pamela Onaga &&num;8216&semi;F&&num;8217&semi; former staff of UBA&sol;account officer to Vincent Ezenwa now at large between 3rd April 2013 and 31st June 2013 in Lagos and Aba&comma; within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court while acting in concert and with intent to defraud Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa MD&sol;CEO of Vinna Investment Limited conspired together to commit felony to wit&colon; obtaining money by false pretence contrary to section 8&lpar;a&rpar; of the advance fee fraud and other related offences Act&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Count 2<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That you Chibueze Ojeh &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi; 40years MD&sol;CEO of Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Limited of Lekki County Homes&comma; Westend Estate Road 4&comma; House 4 Lekki Lagos state&comma; Obinna Nwosu &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi; 45years of No&period; 1 Shofidiya Close&comma; Adegoke Estate&comma; Masha Roundabout Surulere Lagos&comma; Emeka Njoku &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;41years former marketer with United Bank for Africa&comma; of No&period; 3 Azikiwe Road Port Harcourt&comma; Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Ltd and United Bank for Africa&semi; Onyinyechi Oraegbunem &&num;8216&semi;F&&num;8217&semi; former branch manager of UBA Aba branch and Pamela Onaga &&num;8216&semi;F&&num;8217&semi; former staff of UBA Aba branch&sol;account officer to Vincent Ezenwa now at large between 3rd April 2013 and 31st June 2013 in Lagos&sol;Aba&comma; within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court while acting in concert and with intent to defraud Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa&comma; MD&sol;CEO of Vinna Investment Limited deceitfully induced Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa through an agreement and collected the sum of N242&comma;015&comma;000&comma;00 &lpar;Two hundred and Forty two Million&comma; Fifteen thousand Naira&rpar; Equivalent to &dollar;950&comma;000&period;00 &lpar;Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars&rpar; from him on the pretence that you will transfer the Dollars to his customers in Italy but having collected the money you converted same to your use&comma; you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1&lpar;1&rpar; and punishable under section 1&lpar;3&rpar; of the Advance fee fraud and other related offences Act 2006&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Count 3<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That you Chibueze Ojeh &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi; 40years MD&sol;CEO of Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Limited of Lekki County Homes&comma; Westend Estate Road 4&comma; House 4 Lekki Lagos state and Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Limited&comma; between 3rd April 2013 and 31st June 2013 in Lagos&comma; and Aba within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court while acting in concert and with intent to defraud Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa&comma; MD&sol;CEO of Vinna Investment Limited deceitfully induced Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa through an agreement and collected the sum of N242&comma;015&comma;000&comma;00 &lpar;Two hundred and Forty two Million&comma; Fifteen thousand Naira&rpar; Equivalent to &dollar;950&comma;000&period;00 &lpar;Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars&rpar; from him on the pretence that you will transfer the Dollars to his customers in Italy but having collected the money you converted same to your use&comma; you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1&lpar;1&rpar; and punishable under section 1&lpar;3&rpar; of the Advance fee fraud and other related offences Act 2006&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Count 4<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That you Emeka Njoku &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi; 41 years&comma; former marketer with United Bank for Africa&comma; of No&period; 3 Azikiwe Road Port Harcourt&semi; Onyinyechi Oraegbunem &grave;F&&num;8217&semi; former branch manager of UBA Aba branch and Pamela Onaga &&num;8216&semi;F&&num;8217&semi; former staff of UBA&sol;account officer to Vincent Ezenwa now at large&comma; and United Bank for Africa&comma; between 3rd April 2013 and 31st June 2013 in Lagos and Aba&comma; within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court while acting in concert and with intent to defraud Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa&comma; MD&sol;CEO of Vinna Investment Limited aids and abets Chibueze Ojeh &&num;8216&semi;m&&num;8217&semi; 40years MD&sol;CEO of Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Limited of Lekki County Homes&comma; Westend Estate road 4 House 4 Lekki Lagos state and Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Limited to commit of the offence of obtaining money by false pretence when you induced Chief Nnamdi Vincent Ezenwa to transfer the sum of N242&comma;015&comma;000&comma;00 &lpar;Two hundred and Forty two Million&comma; Fifteen thousand Naira&rpar; Equivalent to &dollar;950&comma;000&period;00 &lpar;Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars&rpar; from his UBA account in Aba branch to the UBA account of Castle Equipment &amp&semi; Logistics Limited in Lagos Which was withdrawn by Chibueze Ojeh&comma; you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 8&lpar;a&rpar; and punishable under section 1&lpar;3&rpar; of the Advance fee fraud and other related offences Act 2006&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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