MAN SENTENCED IN KADUNA FOR FRAUD USING FAKE AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY
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By: Muftau Fatimo
A Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced Faruk Suleiman Ololade for impersonation and attempted fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stated that Ololade, also known as Caesar Smith, was found guilty by Justice Jaafaru Zubairu for posing as an Australian citizen online in an attempt to defraud members of the public.
He was prosecuted by the EFCC’s Kaduna Zonal Directorate on a one-count charge of impersonation.
The charge stated: “That you, Faruk Suleiman Ololade (a.k.a. Mr Caesar Smith), on or about February 12, 2026, in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, impersonated one Mr Caesar Smith, an Australian, via the Facebook platform, and in that assumed identity, attempted to defraud members of the public, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 142(1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017, and punishable under the same law.”
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel Moses Arumemi requested the court to convict and sentence him appropriately.
Justice Jaafaru Zubairu found Ololade guilty and sentenced him to three years in prison, with the option of paying a N300,000 fine.
Additionally, the court ordered that his Redmi 15C mobile phone, identified as the instrument used to commit the offence, be forfeited to the Federal Government.
The EFCC noted that Ololade was arrested following credible intelligence on suspected internet fraudsters operating around Turaki Signboard in the Agwa area of Kaduna State.
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