Nigerian-Cambodian Trio Arrested for Expired Visa Scam

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Nigerian-Cambodian Trio Arrested for Expired Visa Scam

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Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On September 14, 2021, the Phnom Penh city court issued temporary detention on a 38-year-old Nigerian man and 2 Cambodian women for intentional fraud.
According to the victim, the suspect had contacted his wife via WhatsApp in early 2020, asking her to transfer money from Canada via a bank transfer to Cambodia in order to help her husband. The scammer claimed that her husband, Chen Steven, had been arrested by the immigration police due to an expired visa and overstay, and that he required funds in order to be released.

One of the suspects, the Nigerian man's wife, confessed that the money had been transferred to her ABA bank account numerous times, and she then forwarded it to the other suspects by Wing.
After the interrogation, the suspect Nigerian-Cambodian couple also confessed that they have done multiple bank transactions which were unclear of origin.
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UPDATE: Appeal Refused
Prison Sentences Maintained for 38Yo Nigerian & Cambodian Wife For Scam & Money Laundering

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On July 11, 2022, the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal upheld the prison sentences of a 38-year-old Nigerian man, OLOWOGEMO SUNKANMI DAVID, his 27-year-old wife, Ngan Somsreypich, and a 33-year-old woman, Mut Leakhena called Sreymao, who were found guilty of scamming and money laundering over $200k, in 2020. All three were living and scamming online in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and they were first arrested in Phnom Penh on September 10, 2021.

Originally, OLOWOGEMO SUNKANMI DAVID was sentenced to 3 years in prison with a $200 fine, and Ngan Somsreypich and Mut Leakhena were sentenced to 2.5 years with a $100 fine. They filed an appeal for a reduced sentence with the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal, which was heard and refused on 11 July 2022.
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If they've been tried in court, and found guilty, and later had their appeal denied, can the pixelation of their faces now be removed?

I understand not wanting to wrongly judge someone not yet found guilty, but...
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The Judge wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 8:39 am If they've been tried in court, and found guilty, and later had their appeal denied, can the pixelation of their faces now be removed?

I understand not wanting to wrongly judge someone not yet found guilty, but...
A bargirl told me there is a big shortage of qualified Pixel people in Cambodia to do the job of removals.
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Only $200 fine? wtf?

I bet they paid more to have their faces pixelated
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