Kaduna bizman jailed 6 years for N20m fraud

Justice Dairus Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on Tuesday sentenced a businessman, Mohammed Rabiu, to six years imprisonment over a N20 million fraud after he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency. He also ordered the convict to restitute N20m to the complainant, Jamil Hassan, and added that in the event that the convict […]

Kaduna bizman jailed 6 years for N20m fraud

Justice Dairus Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on Tuesday sentenced a businessman, Mohammed Rabiu, to six years imprisonment over a N20 million fraud after he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.

He also ordered the convict to restitute N20m to the complainant, Jamil Hassan, and added that in the event that the convict failed to pay the amount he would serve an additional year in prison.

Earlier, the EFCC prosecutor, E. K. Garba, told the court that sometime in 2020 the convict deceived Sani into giving him N20m to start a car business and promised to pay back in one year.

He said that the defendant collected the money and converted it to his personal use and that various efforts made by the complainant to get his money back failed. (NAN)