Nigerian, Brother-In-Law Face Trial in Cambodia Over $400,000 Fraud

Ude Edmund Chukwujindu, a Nigerian residing in Cambodia, has been tried at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for allegedly defrauding Singaporeans and Cambodians of $400,000 by selling fake clothes and shoes online between 2018 and 2022.

According to Khmer Times, a Cambodian newspaper, the 34-year-old Nigerian is facing trial alongside Yen Oudom Soriya, his Cambodian brother-in-law.

Both Ude and Sonya were charged with two counts of “fraud with aggravated circumstance” under articles 377, 378 and 780 of Cambodia’s Criminal Code, and money laundering under articles 27 and 38 of the law on anti-money laundering and financing.

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The court revealed that Sonya received nearly $20,000 through fraudulent schemes from abroad and transferred the funds to Ude’s account between December 2021 and March 2022.

When both men were investigated for fraud by the country’s law enforcement agency, Soriya was the first accused they arrested. It was during his confession to the police that he said he transferred the funds received via his bank account to his Nigerian brother-in-law five times.

In his own confession, Ude stated that he had defrauded most of his victims through Facebook.

Ude also pleaded with the court for a reduced sentence. No date has been set yet for sentencing.

FIJ