JUSTICE Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced ten ( 10) internet fraudsters to one year imprisonment each.
The convicts were arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count separate charge bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.
The all-male convicts, whose ages range between 19 and 33, are: Jordan Chisom Ozuma; Onyekere Emmanuel Chigoziem; Simon Moses Isong; Itodo Benjamin Ofoma; Kelechi Victor Chinaka; Osunkwo Temple Amaechi; Nnoli Francis Chukwuemeka; Kenneth Chimaobi Chibuike, Stanley Chukwuemeka and Ifeanyi Charles Ejimadu.
One of the charge read: “That you, Kelechi Victor Chinaka, sometime in February, 2022 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did take possession of the sum of $300 (Three Hundred US Dollars only) which you reasonably ought to have known forms proceed of an unlawful act to wit: cybercrime and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act”.
They all pleaded ‘guilty’ to the charge when read to them.
In view of their pleas, prosecution counsel, Joshua Abolarin prayed the court to convict and sentence the defendants accordingly.
Justice convicted and sentenced the defendants as follows:
Ofoma, Chukwuemeka Isong were sentenced to one year imprisonment with an option of fine of N200,000.00 ( Two Hundred Thousand Naira only) each while Ozuma, Chigoziem and Ejimadu bagged one year imprisonment each with an option of fine of N500,000.00( Five Hundred Thousand Naira) each.
Chibuike and Nnoli both bagged one year imprisonment each with an option of fine of N350,000. 00 ( Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only) and N250,000.00 ( Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only) respectively, while Amechi was sentenced to one year imprisonment with an option of fine of N400,000.00 ( Four Hundred Thousand Naira only) and
Chinaka one year imprisonment with an option of fine of N300,000.00( Three Hundred Thousand Naira only)
The court further ordered the convicts to forfeit all gadgets used in committing the crimes to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The convicts’ journey to the Correctional Centre began when they were arrested by operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the EFCC, at different locations within Akwa Ibom and Cross River states.
Further investigations were conducted on their involvement in internet fraud and were later prosecuted and convicted.
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