The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Oteyowo Akinkunmi Samuel over internet-related fraud.
Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, pronounced the 32-year-old, who claimed to be a graduate of Civil Engineering, guilty of a one-count amended charge of criminal impersonation on Monday, January 18, 2021, and handed him fourteen months custodial sentence.
The crime contravenes Section 22(2) (b) (ii) of Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) of the same Act.
He was charged with defrauding Warren Doht, an American, of a total sum of N19,664,128.50.
The convict had, however, approached the commission for a plea bargain agreement which formed the basis for the amended charge with which he was arraigned and convicted on Monday.
After pleading guilty to the amended charge, prosecution counsel, Murtala Usman, urged the court to convict him accordingly.
Apart from the jail term, the court also ordered Oteyowo to restitute the N19, 664,128.50 to the victim of his crime.
(Daily Trust)
