Internet fraudster bags 4 months jail

A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta has sentenced one Abdulrazak Lawal Adetunji to four months in prison for internet fraud. Justice Mohammed Abubakar convicted him of a one-count amended charge of obtaining money under false pretence filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office. The offence, according to […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta has sentenced one Abdulrazak Lawal Adetunji to four months in prison for internet fraud.

Justice Mohammed Abubakar convicted him of a one-count amended charge of obtaining money under false pretence filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office.

The offence, according to the charge sheet, ran contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Act.

Abdulrazak was alleged to have obtained the sum of $400 from one Beatrice Lothes, an American citizen, when he falsely represented himself to her as James Richard from the United States of America.

At the court’s sitting yesterday, the EFCC’s counsel, Shamsuddeen Bashir, informed the court that a plea bargain has been struck with the defendant, who pleaded guilty to the charge.

The judge thereafter convicted and sentenced Abdulrazak to four months in prison.

The court also ordered that the convict made restitution of the sum he obtained to his victim, through the Federal Government of Nigeria, as well as forfeit items recovered from him to the government.