Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court has sentenced one Yusuf Olanrewaju for offences bordering on Internet fraud in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Olanrewaju was found guilty of the one-count charge made against brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday.
“Investigation revealed that Olarewaju, while using a fraudulent email, ksmithkatie27@gmail.com, posed as one Smith Katie, a white female from Missouri, USA, to strike relationships with one James Gibson (Jimmy) and Stephen Speer, both of whom he swindled to the tune of $30,000 USD between 2021 and 2022,” the EFCC revealed.
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The judge forfeited all instruments used to perpetrate the crime and sentenced him to 6 months imprisonment with an option of a fine of N200,000.
“Consequently, the judge sentenced him to 6 months imprisonment with option of fine of N200,000. The court also forfeited all the instruments used by the convict to perpetrate the crime, including the proceeds of crime – a Mercedes Benz GLK 2010 model; a Toyota Camry 2013 model; a Toyota Corolla 2005 model, iphone 14 promax and the sum of N24,364,860 (Twenty Four Million, Three Hundred and Sixty Four Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty Naira),” the EFCC said.
Olanrewaju confessed to all his crimes and pleaded guilty before the court on November 11, 2022.
The judge said the defence plea that the convict has left “yahoo business since January 2022, was not sufficient to set him free.
