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Rivers court jails two Lebanese for money laundering - Edoman - 08-20-2020 Rivers court jails two Lebanese for money laundering The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt zonal office on Thursday, August 20, secured the conviction of two Lebanese men, Chamseddine Waell Mohammed and Dina Jihad Khali, who both pleaded guilty to separate one-count charge of money laundering preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. A statement released by the antigraft agency says the offenses run contrary to Section 2 (3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 2 (5) of the same Act. Both defendants were sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice I. M. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The first charge read: Quote:The second charge read: Quote:The defendants pleaded guilty to the charges. While reviewing facts of the case, prosecuting counsel, Aso Larrys Peters tendered some documents, which included Letter of Invitation from Customs and statements of the defendants, as exhibits. Principal Detective Superintendent Macaulay Olayinka while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, told the court that, the two convicts were arrested for attempting to smuggle a total sum of $890,000 USD( Eight Hundred and Ninety Thousand United States US Dollars) out of Nigeria, through the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. Quote:“The said amount was found inside their Luggage on board a chartered flight with registration number 9HVFF to Lebanon.He further disclosed that the money recovered from the suspects had been deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria, Rivers State Branch, for safe keeping by the arresting agency. In view of the reviewed facts, the prosecution prayed the court to convict and sentence the defendants as charged. However, counsel to the defendants, Paul Ejiga urged the court to temper justice with mercy as the defendants were first time offenders who have no previous criminal record. Justice Sani consequently convicted and sentenced the defendants to two years imprisonment with an option of fine of One Million Naira each. The undeclared amount was ordered forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria |