WILMINGTON — The Department of Justice’s Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust has secured a guilty plea to perjury, plus two indictments on perjury and forgery charges, against three men who submitted forged documents in their applications to the Board of Pardons.
On March 4, DOJ said, Eric Nyabiosi, 40, of Newark, was sentenced after his guilty plea to second-degree perjury. He had been indicted after filing an application for pardon containing two forged letters. Nyabiosi further attempted to avoid scrutiny by using incorrect mailing addresses on both the fraudulent letters and attempted to maintain control by offering to write a letter for the victim, who declined, DOJ said.
Nyabiosi, whose original charges were misdemeanors, was then convicted of felony perjury and sentenced to three years of Level V incarceration, suspended to 12 months of Level III probation.
In addition, two other men were charged in connection with similar patterns of lies to the Board of Pardons.
Anthony Anderson, 38, of Dover, allegedly submitted a pardon application containing a forged letter claiming to be from the victim of his prior domestic violence conviction.
Marcus Taylor, 36, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, allegedly submitted a pardon application with a forged letter from the mayor of Godwin, North Carolina. Taylor’s extradition to Delaware is pending.
Both men were indicted by a grand jury. They face one felony count each of second-degree perjury and second-degree forgery, and they each face up to five years in prison if convicted.
