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Court Sentence Internet Fraudster to Five Years Imprisonment

Tare Magbei
Tare Magbei
Published: June 5, 2025
Last updated: June 5, 2025
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Court Sentence Internet Fraudster to Five Years Imprisonment | Daily Report Nigeria
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Justice C.A Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, has sentenced one Adanegbe Hope Osaze, an internet fraudster to five years imprisonment.

Osaze was arraigned in court by the Benin Zonal command of the EFCC on a one count charge for fraudulent impersonation.

 

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The charge against him reads,

“that you Adanegbe Hope Osaze sometime in year 2018 at Benin City, Edo State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did fraudulently impersonate the identity of Mark Hagen an American by sending his picture to Lynn Wri through the internet which identity you claim to be your own with the intent to obtain money from her, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2) (b) (ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under section 22(2) (b) (iv) of the same Act”.

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The defendant, however, pleaded guilty to the charge.

 

In view of the plea, Justice Obiozor convicted and sentenced the defendant to five years imprisonment with the option of a fine of N500,000.

In addition, the defendant shall forfeit his mobile phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria. and undertake to be of good behavior afterwards

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