Suzan Vega Ochuko the female yahoo-yahoo fraudster
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday 7th
of April, 2017 arraigned one Suzan Vega Ochuko before Justice P.I. Ajoku
of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State on a three count
charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.
Ochuko and one Tony Uyimwen aka Alex Ethan (now at large) allegedly
operating with a pseudo name Alex Ethan contacted one Mrs. Beatrice AUF
DER MAUR from St. Gallen, Switzerland via Facebook and defrauded her of
One Hundred and Thirty-Two Thousand Euro.
Mrs Auf Der Maur was allegedly hoodwinked into a love relationship
with the defendant who subsequently defrauded her of the said amount
under the pretence of executing a non existing contract.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In view of her plea, the prosecution counsel M.T. Iko asked the
court to fix a date for commencement of trial. The defence counsel,
Ekhator Ogiegbaen told the court that he had filed an bail application
for his client. He pleaded with the court to grant his client bail as
she will not jump bail and that the defendant was a nursing mother.
Though the prosecution counsel opposed the bail, Justice Ajoku
granted the defendant bail in the sum of One Million Naira with two
sureties in like sum.
The sureties must be civil servant not below grade level 12 or two
sureties with landed property within the jurisdiction of the court.
The sureties must deposit original title of their document with the
court while the civil servant must produce an official letter from his
superior from his office. The documents are to be verified by the
prosecution.
The matter was adjourned to the 14th of June, 2017 for trial while
the defendant is to be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection
of her bail.
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