A fake oil magnate has been jailed for 175-years in prison for duping an American citizen of $629,287, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), reports.
According to the statement released on Monday 13th December 2021, by the Nigeria anti-graft agency, the fake oil magnate identified as Dr Vincent Ayigor was convicted and sentenced to a total number of one hundred and seventy-five ( 175) years imprisonment (175-years) by Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Dr Vincent Ayigor the fake oil magnate was sentenced for duping an American, Joseph Crews, a sum of $ 629, 287 (Six Hundred and Twenty Nine Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty-Seven US Dollars only), in a crude oil supply scam.
He was jailed on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
Ayigor was arraigned, alongside his company, Vanyigor Concepts Limited, before Justice M. A. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the EFCC, on December 7, 2016 on 25-count charges bordering on conspiracy, uttering, forgery and obtaining money by false pretences.