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Naira Marley risks seven years in prison –EFCC
Upcoming musician , Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley , courted controversy when he openly supported youths involved in online fraud commonly called ‘ Yahoo Yahoo ’ .
Following his arrest last Friday , the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has preferred 11 charges bordering on fraud against him , including alleged credit card fraud .
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 N 5 , 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.
The charges also read in part , “ That you , Azeez Adeshina Fashola, aka Naira Marley, and Raze ( still at large) , on or about the 11 th 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 10 th day of May 2019 , within the jurisdiction of this honorable court , with intent to defraud possessed, counterfeit card 4921819410257431 issued to Timea Fedorne Tatar and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 33 ( 9 ) of Cyber Crimes ( Prohibition , Prevention , etc . ) Act 2015 . ”
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