Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday secured the conviction of four people accused of internet fraud.
The convicts were Oseni Abolore Ismail, Popoola Samuel Ayomide, Shorinola Oluwatobiloba Michael and Akindele Kabiru Johnson Hammed.
They were convicted by Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State.
Each of them had pleaded guilty to one count amended charge of impersonation, contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (i) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) (IV) of the same Act.
While Popoola and Shorinola were sentenced to six months imprisonment, Akindele and Oseni bagged four and five months jail term respectively.
In addition to the conviction, Akindele was ordered to return N4.63 million to his victim while he would also forfeit a Lenovo laptop, an Apple MacBook Pro laptop, one iPad, an iPhone 12 Pro Max and one Huawei Android phone to the federal government.
Similarly, Oseni was ordered to restitute $160 to his victim and forfeit one iPhone XS Max mobile phone to the federal government.
The court also ordered Popoola to refund his victim, one David Ivy, the sum of $1,000 and forfeit his Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max to the Federal Government.
The fourth convict, Shorinola, was ordered to restitute his victim the sum of N1.4 million and N1.02 million domiciled in his Zenith Bank Account.
He would also forfeit his Hp laptop, a Samsung S9 Plus, an iPhone12, a Bolt WiFi and $10 which he benefited from the fraud.
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