An High Court sitting in Kaduna State has sentenced four men, identified as Promise Usman, Daniel Chinedu, Fahad Yusuf Badamasi, and Emmanuel Chidera Udochukwu for internet-related fraud and impersonation offenses.
The convicts were prosecuted by Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on separate count charges bordering on impersonation, cheating, and obtaining by false pretence.
Usman, who operated under alias Maryam Mohammed on Facebook, was accused of defrauding multiple victims of N450,000 by posing as an investment broker.
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Chinedu, under the false identity of American actress with name, Reese Witherspoon, was said to have deceived a U.S. citizen, Gene Virmilya, into sending him $500.
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INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that all the accused individuals pleaded guilty to the charges.
While prosecution counsel M.O. Arumemi urged court to convict and sentence them to jail.
Meanwhile, Justice Isyaka sentenced Udochukwu and Badamasi to two years imprisonment each or a N300,000 fine.
They also forfeited their mobile phones, Huawei Y6 Pro 2020 and iPhone 7, respectively, to the federal government.
Usman received a five-year sentence with an option of a N200,000 fine and forfeiture of an iPhone 13.
Chinedu was also sentenced to five years or a N150,000 fine. His iPhone 16 Pro, iPad Pro, and $500 were ordered forfeited.
