Nigerian man, Amos Gabriel who was jailed two months
ago in Singapore for fraud has been charged to court again for cheating
co-prisoner
He was arrested 2 months back for fraud.
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Nigerian man who was jailed two months ago over a scheme to swindle
Citibank in New York City has been charged to court again today, July
31st for a fresh offence of cheating.
Amos Paul Gabriel, 48, was charged via video-link for cheating a
person named Milled Ed Khouri, who was at Changi Prison Complex between
January and May last year with Amos. He is accused of deceiving the
victim into delivering AUD40,000 (S$37,745) to another person by telling
him the money would be used to post bail for him.
Amos is currently serving a three-year jail term meted out on May 16
for money laundering and traffic offences. He was involved in a broader
money-laundering scheme involving transfers of about US$27.2 million to
accounts in the United States, Australia, Japan, China, Hong Kong and
Korea.
District Judge Terence Tay asked Amos on Wednesday via video-link how
he intends to plead. "I'm not pleading any charge," Amos replied. "I
think I need to talk to my lawyer. I have a lawyer but I'm not aware of
this case. I only received the information last night that I'm coming to
court."
In response, the judge answered, "you should be aware by now, because
you are now in court, there are a lot of people here looking at you."
He granted Amos an adjournment to speak to a lawyer. He will return
to court on August 28. If convicted of cheating, he faces up to 10
years' jail and a fine.
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