Cape fraudster who raked in R1m in online dating scam sentenced to 20 years in jail
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Cape Town - The Bellville Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced a fraudster who ran an online dating scam in which he duped vulnerable women out of thousands of rands.
Spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Eric Ntabazalila said in a statement that Chinonso Pascal Eze, 36, was on Thursday sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment after being convicted on 23 counts of fraud and nine counts of money laundering.
Eze entered into a plea and sentencing agreement with the State on Thursday and confessed to being part of a syndicate which operated an online dating scam.
âHunkâ jailed for swindling more than R1m from three women
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Cape Town â Pretending to be a hunk to dupe three unsuspecting women has resulted in convicted fraudster Chinonso Pascal Eze effectively getting six yearsâ imprisonment.
The National Prosecuting Authority said Eze swindled the women of more than R1 million which they deposited into different bank accounts.
His first victim deposited R314 950 between November 2017 and January 2018; his second sent him R186 080 into different bank accounts held by four different people; and his third and most affected deposited R534 000 in different bank accounts also held by different people. In total, they deposited R1 035 030.
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