According to Sahara Reporters, A former Brooklyn-based civil
attorney, and Pastor of the Deeper Life
Bible Church, Ifeanyichukwu Eric
Abakporo, was yesterday, 28th May in federal court in New York
sentenced to six years in a United States prison in a case of defrauding banks,
mortgage lenders, property owners, and property buyers.
Mr. Abakporo was immediately remanded into custody by
presiding U.S. District Court Judge, Shira A. Scheindlin. His wife and two
children wept openly in the courtroom.
He was led away in handcuffs.
In addition to the six-year mandatory sentence, Abakporo
will more than likely face deportation to Nigeria after serving his sentence,
with the likelihood of a three-year supervisory probation release waved.
His co-defendant, Latanya
Pierce, received a lighter, 30-month sentence. In her closing statement, Pierce said she
felt like the “biggest fool in the
world.”
The legal fate of Abakporo and Pierce was never in
doubt. They were convicted in a
wide-ranging series of illegal transactions in New York City over a nine-year
stretch, dating back to 2003.
As Abakporo was away in handcuffs, his wife and two children
wept openly in the courtroom
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