A Nigerian man living in Table View was deported this week after being found guilty of running 419 dating scams.
According to a report from the Hawks, Ndubusi Onyebuchi Ifediora (31) was found guilty in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court on 16 counts of fraud and for contravening section 49 of the Immigration Act.
Ifediora was arrested by Table View police earlier this year after his West Beach apartment was searched and officers discovered several cell phones and laptops as well documents. At the time of his arrest he managed to flush a mobile sim card down the toilet in a failed attempt to derail investigations.
Speaking to the TygerBurger at the time, Table View police said the man was accused of swindling money out of unsuspecting victims who engaged in internet dating.
Hawks
spokesperson, Captain Lloyd Ramovha, says the man was sentenced to 12 years
imprisonment wholly suspended for five years.
The man was deported to Nigeria as he was in the country illegally and had obtained a fraudulent student visa.
“The court has further ruled that Ifediora pay over R500 000 into the Criminal Asset Recovery Account (CARA) thereby ensuring his victims are reimbursed, two of whom are women in their fifties based in Texas, USA. The sentence is a culmination of sterling detective work put in by the team from the commercial unit of the Hawks. It is an open secret that cases of this nature are not easy to solve, we say well done to the team.”
