Six internet fraudsters bag jail terms from Osun, Ekiti courts

Six internet fraudsters who were on trial on charges bordering on fraudulent impersonation have been sentenced to various jail terms by Osun and Ekiti high courts.

The convictions were secured by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday.

Five of the convicts – Ahmed Oguneye Abiona, Owoade Kehinde Elijah, Oriade Sunday Oluwatobiloba, Usman Adams Shehu, and Waris Adegoke Adeyemo – were prosecuted before Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State, while David Fatunla Taiwo (aka Jeff Wood), was prosecuted before Justice Babs Kuewunmi of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.

After pleading guilty to their respective one-count charge, Abiona, Adeyemo and Shehu bagged four months each.

Oriade was sentenced to five months imprisonment, Owoade to three months, while Taiwo was slammed with 20 months imprisonment.

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The court also ordered the defendants to restitute their victims.

Oriade was ordered to restitute the sum of $590 to his victim and forfeit an iPhone XR, a Samsung S5 mobile phone and one Acer laptop to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Ahmed was to restitute $500 to one Michael Johnson and forfeit the N3,013,007.39 million found in his United Bank of Africa Account, an iPhone 11 Pro Max mobile phone and one Toyota Camry car to the Federal Government of Nigeria, being proceeds of his crime.

Adeyemo was ordered to return $300 to one Peter Decker and forfeit one iPhone 11 Pro Max to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Shehu and Owoade were ordered to return $400 and $300 to their victims respectively while they would also forfeit a Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone 6 mobile phones to the federal government.

The sixth convict, Taiwo, was ordered to return £450 to his victim, one Joanne K. Thornhill, through the federal government.

Oluwatoyin Malik