Nigerian singer Oyindamola Emmanuel Johnson-Hunga, popularly known as Dammy Krane has been cleared nine charges of credit card fraud, armed conspiracy and grand theft filed against him by a US court. Circuit Judge for the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Judge De La O Miguel, who heard the case, on Thursday morning, struck out the charge and ‘closed’ it. The singer was represented by attorney Erik Courtney.
Dammy Krane was arrested in June after private jet Service Company; TapJets alerted the US police that the singer made a booking totaling $10,943 with stolen credit card details. He was detained alongside one Ilochukwu Gabriel at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center before making bail.
It would be recalled that Krane was arrested on June 1, at Opa-locka Executive Airport in Miami Dade, Florida, after he was alleged to have used bogus card to booke a private jet flight to Washington DC. According to Police report, a search on the Nigerian singer, they found seven fake credit cards in his wallet.
Krane thanked his supporters on Twitter: “Sometimes life puts you through trials and tribulations, not to bring you down but to make you stronger. It will also show you who is truly with you, who really cares. “Case closed. I’m a free man. Let’s get back to the music. One love. Back in the studio! New music on the way,” he tweeted.
