Nigerian court sentences US citizen to 2 years in prison over check-fraud case

A Nigerian federal court has sentenced a U.S. woman to two years in prison after she pleaded guilty to charges that she attempted to smuggle counterfeit checks out of the country.

A spokesman for Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says 24-year-old Sharon Denis Thorpe of Raleigh, N.C., received 2 years for each of the 13 charges she faced after her Feb. 20 arrest. However, the spokesman says the judge ordered Thorpe serve only a total of 2 years in prison during Wednesday's hearing after her lawyer argued for leniency.

Thorpe was arrested as she attempted to board a flight to the U.S. en route to Washington D.C. at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport. Authorities said Thorpe was carrying more than $760,000 worth of fake checks.

God of mercy!

One would say that Teachers rewards are not always in Heaven. There are Earthly ones too. They taught our Crooks how to behave crookedly and got her reward for and on behalf.