US citizen scams Nigerians?

Photograph: American national remanded in Kirikiri for supposedly tricking 3 Nigerians of $565,000 

An American national, Marco Ramirez, was on Thursday, June 22, remanded at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison by an Ikeja High Court for supposedly tricking three Nigerians in a $565,000 green card and venture trick. 

Ramirez, who was captured and summoned before Justice Josephine Oyefeso, by the EFCC, argued not blameworthy to the 16-check charge of getting cash under affectations leveled against him. 

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As indicated by O. Aigboje, the EFCC prosecutor, Ramirez tricked the overseeing executive of three organizations – USA Now Plc., Eagleford Instalodge Group and USA Now Capital Group between February 2013 and August 2013. 

He deceitfully got $545,000 from Godson Echejue to put resources into his organization, Eagleford Instalodge Group, to get an American green card (habitation allow) for him (Echejue). 

He likewise professedly got $10,000 from Abubakar Umar through a non-existent speculation program in the US, which was charged to make Umar qualified to acquire an American international ID.

The EFCC additionally blamed Ramirez for unlawfully getting 10,000 dollars from one Olukayode Sodimu under the affection that the assets were help charges with the American migration administrations for an American green card. 

The prosecutor encouraged the court to remand the respondent in jail pending his trial. However, Ramirez's councel, Chukwudi Maduka asked the court to in EFCC authority and not in detainment facilities, as he was on EFCC regulatory safeguard. 

Notwithstanding, the prosecutor said the EFCC office was overstretched and asked that the respondent be kept in jail. 

In her decision, Justice Oyefeso requested the litigant remanded in jail, taking note of that "the correct place for remand is jail. I so arrange" 

The case was dismissed till July 3 for safeguard application hearing.