Nigeria: Abuja Court Jails Fraudster Seven Years for Defrauding American $205,238
The court ordered concurrent seven-year terms and restitution after finding he used fake contract documents and repeated requests to extract more than 125 transfers.
- On Thursday, October 29, 2026, Justice U.P. Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court convicted Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley of defrauding American Nicole Kierulff Sayers of $205,238 under false pretenses.
- After meeting on Facebook, Kingsley established a romantic relationship with Sayers, claiming he needed funds for a government contract with the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.
- Sayers testified that she made more than 125 transfers totaling well over $200,000 within a 12-month period, including approximately $40,000 sent before traveling to Abuja to meet him.
- Justice Kekemeke sentenced Kingsley to seven years' imprisonment on each of two counts, to run concurrently at the Kuje Correctional Centre, and ordered full restitution of $205,238.
- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission prosecuted the case involving two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses, underscoring the agency's enforcement efforts against international financial fraud.
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Abuja court jails fraudster 7 years for defrauding American $205,238 — National Accord Newspaper %
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentence of Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley for obtaining $205,238 from an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, under false pretence. Justice U.P. Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama, Abuja, convicted Kingsley on Thursday, October 29, 2026, and
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The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has convicted and sentenced Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley to seven years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American lawyer, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, of $205,238 through a fraudulent government contract scheme. Justice U. P. Kekemeke delivered the judgment on Thursday, October 29, 2026, after finding Kingsley […]
Abuja court jails man seven years for defrauding American $205,238
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley for obtaining $205,238 (about N278m) from an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, under false pretence. Justice U.P. Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, convicted Kingsley on Thursday, October 29, 2026, and sentenced him to …
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