Two Men Charged To Court For Visa Fraud

-Two men have been alleged of duping individuals by obtaining funds and issuing them fake documents

Two men arraigned for visa fraud

Two men have been charged before an lkeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, over alleged visa fraud and issuance of fake documents in the lkotun area of the state.

The suspects, who are 39-year-old man, Folorunso Kayode, and 42-year-old Moses Oriole, were are in court on an eight count-charge bordering on conspiracy, theft and issuance of fake documents.

Claiming to be visa agents to Australia, the accused obtained money from two individuals and then issued them with fake documents, Punch reports.

The police prosecutor, Inspector N. Peter, said the suspects perpetrated the offence on October 11, 2017, at around 2.30pm on Taiwo Odukoya Street, Abaranje, lkotun.

Peter told the court that the offence breachedsections 280, 314 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The charges read in part, “That you, Folorunso Kayode and Moses Oriole, on October 11, 2017, at about 2.30pm on Taiwo Odukoya Street, Abaranje, lkotun, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony, to wit; obtaining money under false pretences, by obtaining the sum of N2m from one Emmanuel Odoemena, under the pretext of procuring an Australia visa for him, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

“That you, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district, did obtain the sum of ₦1,760,000 from one Chinedu Kingsley, under the pretext of procuring an Australian visa for him, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges read to them.

The presiding magistrate, Y.O. Aje-Afunwa, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N600,000 each with two “responsible sureties” each in like sum.

The case was adjourned till January 31, 2018.