Court jails internet fraudster

A Federal High Court in Abeokuta, on Tuesday, sentenced one Ogunkoya Korede to four months’ imprisonment after convicting him of internet fraud. Justice Mohammed Abubakar found Korede, also known as Erica Vallot, guilty of a one-count amended charge filed against him by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The […]

A Federal High Court in Abeokuta, on Tuesday, sentenced one Ogunkoya Korede to four months’ imprisonment after convicting him of internet fraud.

Justice Mohammed Abubakar found Korede, also known as Erica Vallot, guilty of a one-count amended charge filed against him by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The judge also ordered the convict to pay a fine of N20,000.

He had denied ownership of a house traced to him in the course of investigation.

The defendant pleaded guilty to the amended charge, which was a product of a plea bargain agreement between him and the EFCC as contained in a document jointly signed by the prosecution counsel, Shamsudeen Bashir, and defence counsel Agnes Okoronkwo.

Apart from the jail term and fine, the judge also ordered that the convict forfeits to the Federal Government of Nigeria one Apple laptop, one Samsung Galaxy S8+ phone, one laptop charger and one phone charger, which were linked to his crime.