{"id":375131,"date":"2025-07-10T15:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:18:56","slug":"kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Usman, who operated under alias Maryam Mohammed on Facebook, was accused of defrauding multiple victims of N450,000 by posing as an investment broker.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Kaduna Court Jails Man For Internet Fraud<\/strong><\/p>\n

INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that all the accused individuals pleaded guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n

While prosecution counsel M.O. Arumemi urged court to convict and sentence them to jail.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Justice Isyaka sentenced Udochukwu and Badamasi to two years imprisonment each or a N300,000 fine.<\/p>\n

They also forfeited their mobile phones, Huawei Y6 Pro 2020 and iPhone 7, respectively, to the federal government.<\/p>\n

Usman received a five-year sentence with an option of a N200,000 fine and forfeiture of an iPhone 13.<\/p>\n

Chinedu was also sentenced to five years or a N150,000 fine. His iPhone 16 Pro, iPad Pro, and $500 were ordered forfeited.<\/p>\n

\n
\"\"<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"\nKaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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 […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T15:18:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/Court-1-750x422-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nigeria News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nigeria News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nigeria News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-10T15:18:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":223,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Court-1-750x422-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Metro\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Court-1-750x422-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-10T15:18:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Court-1-750x422-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Court-1-750x422-1.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/10\\\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Nigeria news and opinion website that brings you current reports and news from Nigeria, Africa, World. Stay updated with latest, breaking news and current affairs.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Nigeria News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Nigeria News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/ng\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"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 […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2025-07-10T15:18:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/Court-1-750x422-1.png","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nigeria News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nigeria News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/"},"author":{"name":"Nigeria News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation","datePublished":"2025-07-10T15:18:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/"},"wordCount":223,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/Court-1-750x422-1.png","articleSection":["Metro"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/","name":"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/Court-1-750x422-1.png","datePublished":"2025-07-10T15:18:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/Court-1-750x422-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/Court-1-750x422-1.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/kaduna-court-jails-four-suspects-over-online-fraud-impersonation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kaduna Court Jails Four Suspects Over Online Fraud, Impersonation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Nigeria news and opinion website that brings you current reports and news from Nigeria, Africa, World. Stay updated with latest, breaking news and current affairs.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Nigeria News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Nigeria News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}