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Court Sentences 3 Internet Fraudsters To Jail In Kwara

by Abdullahi Olesin
1 month ago
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Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced the trio of Ibrahim Oladimeji, Hassan Temitope and Babatunde Olusegun to jail for fraud.

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The convicts were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on separate charges that border on impersonation and cybercrime.

The charge against Temitope reads: “That you, Hassan Abdulmalik Temitope (alias: Jane) sometime in the year 2024, within the Judicial Division of the Federal High Court, did fraudulently impersonate one Jane vide your created 2 backpage account with the intent to obtain and did obtain from one John Gary the gross sum of $2,500 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention Etc.) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) (IV) of the same Act.”

The defendants pleaded “guilty” to their charge when they were read to them, following which the prosecution counsel, Rashidat Alao led witnesses in evidence to review the facts of the cases.

The counsel tendered the extra-judicial statements of the trio including items recovered from them at the point of arrest and urged the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.

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Justice Awogboro sentenced Oladimeji to 150 hours of community service on each of his charges without an option of fine, to be served at five hours per day.

In addition, the court ordered that Oladimeji’s iPhone 12 Pro, being the tool of his crime and the sum $100 being the proceeds of his crime be forfeited respectively to the federal government.

For his part, the court sentenced Temitope to 700 hours of community service without an option of fine, to be served at five hours per day.

In addition, he forfeited his iPhone 12, being the tool of his crime and a 2009 Toyota Camry, being the proceeds of his crime, respectively to the federal government.

The judge also sentenced Olusegun to 150 hours of community service at five hours per day without an option of fine.

In addition, he forfeited his iPhone 12, being the tool of his crime and the sum of $75, being the proceeds of his crime, respectively to the federal government.


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