Overview
- Judges convicted three men and one woman of assisting organized, commercial fraud by operating bank accounts that funneled victims’ payments to an international network.
- Sylvester E. received about 3.5 years with roughly €42,000 seized, Hamsik E. got three years eight months with about €41,500 seized, and Ayomide N. was sentenced to two years six months with around €20,500 seized.
- Precious O. was issued multiple single sentences due to Italian extradition terms that currently total up to seven years eight months, with nearly €30,000 seized, and the court noted her mocking of victims as an aggravating factor.
- The panel estimated overall losses could reach about €1 million, yet only roughly €100,000–€140,000 was directly traced to the defendants’ accounts as funds moved through EU banking channels.
- Prosecutors and judges described a tiered scheme in which recruiters posed as soldiers or doctors to target mostly older victims, kept about 10% as commission, and passed the remainder through mule accounts; the verdict is not yet final.