Internet fraudster jailed for swindling an American woman

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court successful Gwagwalada connected Thursday sentenced an Internet fraudster, Eze Josiah to 2 years imprisonment for swindling an American pistillate of 300 dollars.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had arraigned the convict connected 2 counts of cheating by impersonation for pretending to beryllium an American national connected Facebook.

He pleaded blameworthy to the complaint and begged the tribunal for leniency.

Delivering judgment, Justice Aliyu Shafa, besides gave him an enactment of good of N500, 000.

Shafa ordered the convict to depose to an affidavit of bully behaviour, adding that the HP laptop and iPhone eight, being the instruments utilized to perpetrate the transgression beryllium sold and the proceeds deposited successful the Federal Government’s account.

Earlier,the convict successful his plea for mercy promised not to marque definite mistake successful his beingness again and to beryllium of bully behaviour.

The Defence Counsel, J.M. Mafwil successful enactment of the allocutus by the convict pleaded with the tribunal to tamper justness with mercy.

Mafwil told the tribunal that the convict was a archetypal clip offender and a young man, adding that the tribunal should see lesser condemnation oregon good portion sentencing the convict.

The Prosecution Counsel, Idris Haruna, told the tribunal that the convict sometimes successful January 2024, wrong the jurisdiction of the court, committed the transgression of cheating by personation.

Haruna said that the convict pretended to beryllium Kelvin, an American national connected Facebook.

He said that the convict successful that assumed quality fraudulently obtained the sum of 200 dollar which was an equivalent of N270,000, done acquisition cards from 1 Jessica, an American.

He also, said that the convict pretended to beryllium Prisca Helen, an American national connected Facebook and defrauded 1 karlos an American citizen.

He said that the convict successful that quality fraudulently obtained 100 dollar done acquisition paper from his victim.

The authoritative said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 321 of the Penal Code and punishable nether Section 324 of the Penal Code.

Haruna successful oral exertion pleaded with the tribunal that the instrumentality utilized for the transgression which includes, an HP laptop and iPhone 8 beryllium forfeited to the national government.