Chimere Meze was convicted of fraud and sentenced to two years imprisonment in absentia in February. He was arrested in April and requested a re-trial.
Judge Ros
Piseth said Mr Meze scammed a Cambodian woman out of $300 in 2016 by informing
her she’d won a grand prize but first had to pay him $300 via Wing to collect
the reward.
“Because he
often phoned to disturb the victim and ask for $300 from her, she filed a
complaint against him to police,” said Judge Piseth. “Police prepared a plot to
arrest him.”
Mr Meze’s
accomplices, Nigerian tourist Uchechukwu Vincent, 37, and his Cambodian
girlfriend Sarim Kunthea, 27, were also imprisoned for six months to a year
during the initial February trial. Judge Piseth recommended Mr Meze appeal the
judgment within 30 days if he did not accept the conviction.
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