On Wednesday, one Wilson Daphey (also known as Jeffrey Guiseppe) was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with nine counts relating to money laundering and collecting money under pretense before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court in Abuja.

Evans Nnamdi Aguh, Christopher Chinedu Ajufo, Ifeanyi Enuma, and Ojinanaka Kingsley Chukwuma, all of whom are presently at large, are accused of helping Daphey manipulate and collect £120,150 from Ms Petra Goschenhofer.

Count two of the charge reads, “That you, WILSON DAPHEY (AKA JEFREY GUISEPPE) between November 2018 and December 2019 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud over the internet, presented yourself to one Ms Petra Goschenhofer whom you met on Instagram as American Civil Engineer who lives in Rome but currently (end of September/beginning of October 2018) in Dubai for a construction project, and in that assumed character obtained a total of sum of €69,880 and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 22 (2) (b) (ii) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015”

Count seven reads “That you, WILSON DAPHEY (AKA JEFREY GUISPPE) between 15 January 2020 and 28 January 2021 at Abuja within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, took possession of the sum of N10.5 million in your Guaranty Trust Bank PLC account no: 0259574242 which you reasonably ought to have known to be proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: obtaining money by false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15(2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended by the Money Laundering (Prohibition)Act 2012 and punishable under section 15(3) of the same Act”.

To each charge, the defendant entered a "not guilty" plea.

However, the defendant's bail application was moved by the defendant's defence attorney, E.O. Clement.

Justice Olajuwon postponed the case to May 17 to rule on the defendant's request for bail while they are both still in the EFCC's custody.