419:”Invictus” Okeke Confesses Committing All The Fraud Accusation By FBI
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obi Okeke AKA Invictusobi has confessed to committing all the fruad allegations brought against him by the Federal Bureau for Inivestigation (FBI) in the USA.
The celebrity motivational speaker who was listed on Forbes as one of the young people to look up to in Africa made the confession in exchange for a softer sentencing to avoid the case going to trial. He has also giving significant information about his fraud gang in the USA, Nigeria and Europe in a deal which will see him spend less than 10 years in jail and best part is he gets to keep all his loot.
Already, a Senior United State District Judge, Rebecca Smith, has given an order approving the plea bargain arrangement.
“The Court has been advised that the defendant wishes to enter a plea of
guilty,” Judge Smith said in her Order of April 24. “A United States Magistrate
Judge is hereby authorised, with the consent of the defendant, to conduct the
proceedings required by the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 incident to
the making of the plea. See 28 U.S.C. Section (b) (1); United States v. Dees,
125 F.3d 261 (5th Cir.1997).
“The defendant may consent to the United States Magistrate Judge conducting the
proceedings on a form provided by the clerk.
“If, after conducting such proceedings, the Magistrate Judge accepts the plea
of guilty and the associated plea agreement, a presentence investigation shall
be conducted and a report shall be prepared pursuant to Federal Rule of
Criminal Procedure 32, and a sentencing data shall be scheduled.
“If the plea of guilty is accepted, the District Judge will adjudicate guilt
and will determine and impose a sentence.”
Magistrate Judge Robert Krask has been appointed to conduct the plea agreement
hearing set for June 18 at the Norfolk Magistrate Courtroom 1.
Mr Okeke’s capitulation is a surprising turn in the case as he has since his
arrest strongly denied wrongdoing.
On December 15, 2019, he filed two preliminary objections. One saying American
authorities lacked jurisdiction to charge him for fraud since he did not commit
the alleged offence on American soil, and that no American companies or
individuals were swindled at the time of his indictment.
In the other objection, Mr Okeke accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation of
obtaining evidence from him and his iPhone under duress and that the
information so extracted should be discountenanced by the court.
Responding to the objection, the prosecutors said Mr Okeke travelled to the
U.S. in the course of the crime and that his lawyers were wrong to argue that
no American companies or individuals were defrauded by the suspect.
The FBI also insisted it obtained evidence from Mr Okeke following due process.
But just as the parties agreed to continue the trial, Mr Okeke began to signal
to the prosecution that he was ready for a guilty plea agreement. The court was
so informed of the development.
Mr Okeke was arrested by the FBI on August 6 in Alexandria, Virginia, as he was
about to return to Nigeria.
He was later charged with two counts of computer fraud and wire fraud, which
carry a maximum penalty of 10 and 20 years jail, respectively.
U.S. authorities allege Mr Okeke defrauded the United Kingdom office of Unatrac
of up to $11 million in business email fraud. Unatrac’s headquarters is in the
United Arab Emirates, but the company filed complaints with the FBI through
Caterpillar.
Gismania
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on May 25 2020. Filed under International, National.
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