The witness further alleged that the defendant mocked the victim when she threatened to report him to the anti-graft agency.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday presented chat messages allegedly recovered from a suspect's mobile phone as it opened its case against Edidiong Nsidore James, a Uyo-based man accused of defrauding a foreign woman of $41,000 through a romance scam.
The evidence was presented before Justice Maurine Oyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, by the prosecution's first witness, Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, Unyime P. Moses.
Testifying before the court, Moses said forensic analysis of the defendant's mobile phone uncovered extensive communications between James and a foreign victim identified as Elizabeth, whom he allegedly addressed as "My Everything."
According to the witness, the conversations contained details of monetary transactions and revealed how the defendant allegedly continued demanding money from the victim despite her repeated requests for a refund.
