Na wah o! Lagos court don sentence one man wey dey do forex wahala as he collect N37 million from one guy under false pretense. This Henry Daniel, wey run Equigro Financial Services, don dey chop belleful for himself since 2020.
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe na the one wey gree judge this case for Ikeja Special Offences Court. She don talk say Daniel no just disappoint the victim, Mr. Eze Onyekachukwu, he also show say him no get any plan to invest di money where he promise. Instead, na him go use di money carry chop life.
Prosecution wey led by Babatunde Sonoiki show say Daniel commit di crime between January and October 2020. Dem talk say he misrepresent wetin he wan do with di money as he no even invest am for any forex trading at all. Instead, na fraud he dey run on top di man
Na so di judge talk say dem don find am guilty as charged. She give am one year imprisonment but also add say he fit pay N2 million fine if him no wan enter prison. E still get 50 hours community service to do plus him go return N15.6 million wey remain to di complainant. No be small matter.
Three witnesses come testify against am, showing say e really chop di man money without any sign of investment. E fit collect di money but no investment don show face. Na wetin dey vex di court wahala pass.
Justice Abike-Fadipe talk say the prosecution don shine light on top di case and dem don prove say Daniel no get anything to show for di money wey him collect. Omo! We go dey watch di matter as e dey unfold. Dis case na clear example say no be every forex na real business. Make we dey shine eye for money wey we wan invest, abeg!
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