The accused was charged with numerous fraud and related offences arising from a phishing email scam involving inheritance scams, romance scams, and military service scams originating from Nigeria and Dubai.
Victims in the United States and elsewhere were defrauded and directed to send money to bank accounts and Western Union accounts belonging to the accused.
The accused admitted receiving monies into his accounts and withdrawing them, but maintained he did not know the funds were fraudulently obtained.
The Crown's case was that the accused had actual knowledge or was willfully blind to the fraudulent nature of the funds.
The trial judge found the accused's evidence incredible and rejected his explanation that he was merely receiving a 2% commission from an intermediary named Eddie Obijohn.
The judge found the accused guilty on all counts.
