The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has filed 11 fraud charges against singer, Azeez Fashola,
popularly known as Naira Marley.
The musician effectively risks
seven years in jail if found guilty, as Section 33 (2) which he was accused of
breaching, reads: “Any person who uses: a counterfeit access device; an
unauthorised access device; an access device issued to another person;
resulting in a loss or gain commits an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to imprisonment for a term of not more than seven years or a fine of
not more than N5,000,000.00 and forfeiture of the advantage or value derived
from his act.”
The charges with suit number
FHC/L/178C/19 were filed before a Lagos State High Court.
Some of the credit cards,
according to the EFCC, bore the names- Nicole Louise Malyon, and Timea Fedorne
Tatar.
The alleged crimes were in
contravention of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act and the Cyber Crimes
Act, Punch reports.
The charges read in part, “That
you, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, aka Naira Marley, and Raze (still at large), on or
about the 11th day of December 2018, within the jurisdiction of this honourable
court, conspired amongst yourselves to use access card 42658840359191132 issued
to persons other than you in a bid to obtain gain and you thereby committed an
offence contrary to Section 27(1)(b) of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition,
Prevention etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 33(2) of the Same Act.
“That you, Azeez Adeshina
Fashola, aka Naira Marley, and Raze (still at large), on or about the 10th day
of May 2019, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to
defraud possessed counterfeit card 4921819410257431 issued to Timea
FedorneTatar and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable
under Section 33(9) of Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015.”
He was arrested last Friday along
with four others including his bosom friend, Zlatan Ibile.
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