Court convicts 10 internet fraudsters in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has convicted 10 internet fraudsters.
A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, said the judge, Hamza Mu’azu, sentenced the convicts to various prison terms with options of fine on Thursday.
According to EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the sentenced imposed on the convicts ranged from between three to six months with option of fines of between N20,000 to N100,000.
The convicts are: Ulukpo Victor Obokparo, Osondu Stanley, Habib Iko-Ojo, Precious Ani, Emmanuel Philip Ikpan, Umar Farouk Mohammed, Israel Kue, Kingsley Mathew, Ibrahim Oyolade and Taiwo Samuel.
In a case, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused one of the convicts, Ulukpo Victor Obokparo, of inducing the duo of Helen Isean and Ida Connor in the United States of America to pay him $5000.
They were convicted of cheating, misrepresentation, romance scam, obtaining by false pretenses and defrauding foreigners via internet.
The commission alleged that Mr Obokparo was paid the money after representing himself to the victims as one Williams Brandon, on June 25, 2021 an engineer from New Jersey, USA through the means of an email address williambrandon309@gmail.com.
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