•••Convict Forfeits iPhone 12 Pro Max To FG
Justice I. Mohammed of the FCT High Court Gwagwalada-Abuja, on Thursday sentenced and convicted one Emmanuel Adeyi for an internet-related fraud charge.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command slammed charges on the convict in 2021.
According to the one count charge, Emmanuel Adeyi committed the offence sometime in 2021 at Abuja when he “pretended to be a white woman named Sally, a prostitute who resides in the United States of America through your Reddit application, and under the assumed character obtained the sum of $600 (Six Hundred United States Dollars) from your victims, and committed the offence of cheating by personation.”
Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said the offence is contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law (Cap. 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria) and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.
According to him, when the charge was read to the defendant, he “pleaded guilty”.
“Consequently, Justice Mohammed convicted and sentenced Adeyi to community service for three months, in addition to a fine of N30,000 (Thirty Thousand Naira).
“His iPhone 12 Pro Max is also to be forfeited to the Federal Government.” He stated.