Odiase had been posing and sending love messages to several American women in the name of Philip Lowell, an American Sergeant serving with the United States Army in Syria
On September 26, 2019, Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC operatives raided the suburb of Abuja in the capital and arrested several internet fraudsters, among them Ken Odiase alias Philip Lowell. Odiase had been posing and sending love messages to several American women in the name of Philip Lowell, an American Sergeant serving with the United States Army in Syria.
Odiase through his fraud enterprise defrauded Lucinda Macaulay of $2000, $500 from Marie; $800 from Katherine and $600 from Sara. When he was arraigned at an Abuja High Court on October 15, 2019, Odiase immediately pleaded guilty to the one count charge of internet fraud and obtaining money by false pretence, following overwhelming evidence presented by the EFCC before the court.
During the course of the case, the court heard that Odiase lured his victims who resided in far away US through a Facebook profile he operated with the Philip Lowell alias. All the monies from his victim were wired to the fraudster through Western Union to his First Bank of Nigeria account. Sentencing, Justice C.N Oji ordered Odiase to be committed to jail for one-month with an option of a fine of N150,000, and also ordered him to forfeit all the proceeds of crime to the Nigerian government.
Odiase through his fraud enterprise defrauded Lucinda Macaulay of $2000, $500 from Marie; $800 from Katherine and $600 from Sara. When he was arraigned at an Abuja High Court on October 15, 2019, Odiase immediately pleaded guilty to the one count charge of internet fraud and obtaining money by false pretence, following overwhelming evidence presented by the EFCC before the court.
During the course of the case, the court heard that Odiase lured his victims who resided in far away US through a Facebook profile he operated with the Philip Lowell alias. All the monies from his victim were wired to the fraudster through Western Union to his First Bank of Nigeria account. Sentencing, Justice C.N Oji ordered Odiase to be committed to jail for one-month with an option of a fine of N150,000, and also ordered him to forfeit all the proceeds of crime to the Nigerian government.
