The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday succeeded in getting six people found guilty and sentenced to prison for committing cybercrime and fraudulent activities.
The convicted individuals were tried separately before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, and Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, also in Ilorin.
Aransiola Stephen, Owoeye Ezekiel, Idris Kayode, Abdulrahmon Abubakar, Rafiu Adisa, and Raheem Monsur were the individuals found guilty.
A statement from the head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Dele Oyewale, revealed that their conviction brings the total number of suspects convicted to 24 out of 50, which includes 48 students of the Kwara State University and two residents of Malete.
For example, Aransiola was prosecuted on a one-count charge, which stated that he pretended to be a White female named Cindy Watson and tricked someone into sending him $350.
Similarly, Owoeye was tried on a single count, which stated that he fraudulently impersonated someone named Sara Beauty via an Instagram account in order to obtain $80.
The defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges upon being arraigned.
Following the guilty pleas, Innocent Mbachie, Adebayo Aliyu, Charles Oni, and Rasheedat Alao, who represented the commission in the cases, reviewed the facts and submitted the evidence recovered from the defendants at the point of arrest.
Considering the facts and the defendants' admission of guilt, the judges found them guilty and sentenced them to varying prison terms.
The court also ordered the forfeiture of the phones and laptops used by the convicts and the money they brought as restitution to the Federal Government.
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday succeeded in getting six people found guilty and sentenced to prison for committing cybercrime and fraudulent activities. The convicted individuals were tried separately before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, and Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara […]
The courts also ordered that the phones and laptops used as instrumentality of the crime by the convicts and the money brought by them as restitution be forfeited to the Federal Government.
