Baseline Music in a lengthy petition
dated May 19, 2016 and addressed to the Assistant Inspector General of
Police, Zone 2 Zonal Command, Onikan, Lagos, claimed that Skales’
manager, Osagie committed fraud
against the company with monies totalling N13,374,000.
against the company with monies totalling N13,374,000.
The label claims that Skale’s manager has
been receiving money without remitting to the Company account but been
diverting it to her account claiming there is no money. The label even
elaborated on how they set a trap for her to confirm their suspicion.
Checkout the Petition below.
1. THEFT OF COMPANY MONIES EARNED BY SKALES FROM MARCH-APRIL 2016
The Company noticed that although Skales
was listed as performing at various concerts, shows, tours and other
events, none of the monies received from these events was remitted to
the Company. In this regard, the Company invited Skales and his manager
Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe to various meetings seeking an account and a
reconciliation. At these meetings, both Skales and his manager Teresa
Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe insisted that the events in question were not paid
events and as such there were no monies to remit. These dubious
activities continued for a period of 12 (twelve) months wherein the
Company was fraudulently deprived of its legitimate earnings by the said
Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe as payments made for performances were
paid directly into her account in violation of the procedure set up for
payments at the beginning of the Contract. The Company in March of 2016
decided to catalogue some of the paid shows, performances, concerts and
tours wherein Skales performed and the monies were fraudulently
converted for personal use by the said Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe.
Please find below a list of said performances which only covers the period from 3rd March 2016 to 1st May 2016.
3rd March, 2016- Malaysian private party- $6,000
8th April, 2016- MTN NOISELESS PARTY ENUGU- N750,000
16th April,2016- AFRICA NIGHT 2016 AFRO-FUSION AFFAIR UNIVERSITY OF ALBANNY- $6,000
1st May, 2016- Private event at Thisday Dome- N1,000,000
7th May, 2016- AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL MOSCOW- $6,000
8th April, 2016- MTN NOISELESS PARTY ENUGU- N750,000
16th April,2016- AFRICA NIGHT 2016 AFRO-FUSION AFFAIR UNIVERSITY OF ALBANNY- $6,000
1st May, 2016- Private event at Thisday Dome- N1,000,000
7th May, 2016- AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL MOSCOW- $6,000
By the Company’s estimation, from the
aforementioned events, Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe has fraudulently
converted the sum of N7,474,000 from this brief period without
accounting to the Company or making payments first into the Company’s
accounts as stipulated in the Contract. This is without factoring all
the other performances, tours and shows where no remittance was made
from the period January 2015 to April 2016.
Baseline Music in a lengthy petition
dated May 19, 2016 and addressed to the Assistant Inspector General of
Police, Zone 2 Zonal Command, Onikan, Lagos, claimed that Skales’
manager
, Osagie committed fraud against the company with monies
totalling N13,374,000.
The label claims that Skale’s manager has
been receiving money without remitting to the Company account but been
diverting it to her account claiming there is no money. The label even
elaborated on how they set a trap for her to confirm their suspicion.
Checkout the Petition below.
1. THEFT OF COMPANY MONIES EARNED BY SKALES FROM MARCH-APRIL 2016
The Company noticed that although Skales
was listed as performing at various concerts, shows, tours and other
events, none of the monies received from these events was remitted to
the Company. In this regard, the Company invited Skales and his manager
Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe to various meetings seeking an account and a
reconciliation. At these meetings, both Skales and his manager Teresa
Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe insisted that the events in question were not paid
events and as such there were no monies to remit. These dubious
activities continued for a period of 12 (twelve) months wherein the
Company was fraudulently deprived of its legitimate earnings by the said
Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe as payments made for performances were
paid directly into her account in violation of the procedure set up for
payments at the beginning of the Contract. The Company in March of 2016
decided to catalogue some of the paid shows, performances, concerts and
tours wherein Skales performed and the monies were fraudulently
converted for personal use by the said Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe.
Please find below a list of said performances which only covers the period from 3rd March 2016 to 1st May 2016.
3rd March, 2016- Malaysian private party- $6,000
8th April, 2016- MTN NOISELESS PARTY ENUGU- N750,000
16th April,2016- AFRICA NIGHT 2016 AFRO-FUSION AFFAIR UNIVERSITY OF ALBANNY- $6,000
1st May, 2016- Private event at Thisday Dome- N1,000,000
7th May, 2016- AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL MOSCOW- $6,000
8th April, 2016- MTN NOISELESS PARTY ENUGU- N750,000
16th April,2016- AFRICA NIGHT 2016 AFRO-FUSION AFFAIR UNIVERSITY OF ALBANNY- $6,000
1st May, 2016- Private event at Thisday Dome- N1,000,000
7th May, 2016- AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL MOSCOW- $6,000
By the Company’s estimation, from the
aforementioned events, Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe has fraudulently
converted the sum of N7,474,000 from this brief period without
accounting to the Company or making payments first into the Company’s
accounts as stipulated in the Contract. This is without factoring all
the other performances, tours and shows where no remittance was made
from the period January 2015 to April 2016.
In order to properly document this fraud
and catch Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe in the act of theft, the Company
created an email address, and sent an email to Teresa Osagioduwa
Osarenkhoe requesting the performance of Skales at an event in
California on the 2nd June, 2016. In the email communication, Teresa
Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe requested the sum of $5,000 (five thousand US
dollars) for the performance as well as one business class ticket, one
economy class ticket and two hotel rooms in a 4-star hotel. (please find
enclosed here with the email communication between Skales and Femi
George with respect to the said performance) On 18th May, 2016 the first
tranche of $2,500 (two thousand five hundred US dollars) representing
50% (fifty percent) of the performance fee demanded by Teresa Osagioduwa
Osarenkhoe was wired into the following account:
?Bank of America.
Name: Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe.
Account Number: 483063945907
Name: Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe.
Account Number: 483063945907
Subsequent to the transfer of the money,
our Samuel Gbemileke Samuel telephoned the said Teresa Osagioduwa
Osarenkhoe requesting for an account of all monies received by Skales
for performances and tours for the month of May. Teresa Osagioduwa
Osarenkhoe insisted that there had been no paid performances for Skales
during the period in question.
2. THEFT OF THE SUM OF N5,000,000 (Five million naira) BEING PAYMENT FOR MTN PULSE
The Company in 2015 entered into an
agreement with Upfront and Personal, for the engagement of Skales to
appear in TV commercials, billboards websites and other social media on
behalf of MTN Pulse. As per the terms of the agreement, Upfront and
Personal was to pay to the Company the sum of N5,000,000 (five million
naira) in two tranches of N2,500,000 (two million five hundred thousand
naira each). The said Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe representing that she
was authorized by the Company obtained the sum of N5,000,000 (five
million naira) due to the Company without being so authorized. Teresa
Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe has failed after repeated demands to repay the
said N5,000,000 (five million naira) fraudulently obtained.
Given the above circumstances, the Company believes that a fraud has been committed against it by Teresa Osagioduwa Osarenkhoe.
Source: 360nobs
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