COURT JAILS 11 FOR INTERNET FRAUD IN EDO
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Eleven online scammers have been found guilty and given varying jail sentences by the Edo State High Court in Benin City for charges including possession of counterfeit documents, acquiring by false pretences, and advance fee fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said in a statement via X on Friday that the penalties were imposed by Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin following the prosecution of the defendants on individual one-count charges by the EFCC’s Benin Zonal Directorate.
Osarentin Morgan Aduwa, Osagiede Destiny Oghosa, Nosakhare Ernest Theophilus, Junior Emmanuel Efe, Osimen Princewill, Obamedo Clinton, David Iyobor, Izomor Samuel Efe, Nosakhare Bright, Emovon Destiny, and Vincent Arogbo are among the prisoners.
According to the EFCC, the convicts were apprehended in a sting operation following credible intelligence linking them to fraudulent internet activities.
One of the charges, as presented against Efe, read, “That you, Justice Samuel Efe (m), on or about the 8th of February 2025, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did have in your possession documents which you knew or ought to have known contained false pretence, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 6 and 8(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”
All 11 individuals pleaded guilty to the charges when read to them. Following their pleas, prosecution counsels F.A. Jirbo, I.K. Agwai, and Salihu Ahmed urged the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
Eleven online scammers have been found guilty and given varying jail sentences by the Edo State High Court in Benin City for charges including possession of counterfeit documents, acquiring by false pretences, and advance fee fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said in a statement via X on Friday that the penalties were imposed by Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin following the prosecution of the defendants on individual one-count charges by the EFCC’s Benin Zonal Directorate.
Osarentin Morgan Aduwa, Osagiede Destiny Oghosa, Nosakhare Ernest Theophilus, Junior Emmanuel Efe, Osimen Princewill, Obamedo Clinton, David Iyobor, Izomor Samuel Efe, Nosakhare Bright, Emovon Destiny, and Vincent Arogbo are among the prisoners.
“In addition to their sentences, all the convicts forfeited their phones, laptop computers and sums of money seen in their bank accounts to the federal government and undertook in writing to be of good behaviour henceforth.
“The convicts’ journey to the correctional centre began with their arrest in a sting operation by operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC following credible intelligence that linked them to fraudulent internet activities,” the statement added.
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