A student of Kwara State University has been sentenced to prison on counts of fraud.
The student, identified as Aderibigbe Sheu was apprehended by the Illorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the state.
Sheu is said to have been posing as a widow resident in the United States of America, USA, to defraud unsuspecting victims.
A statement released by the antigraft agency says Aderibigbe, a native of Osogbo, Osun State Capital, was one of the 30 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Malete, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State on September 19, 2021 during a sting operation by operatives of the EFCC.
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Upon arraignment on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
Following his plea, the counsel to the EFCC, Rasheedat Alao reviews the evidence at hand to the court, noting that incriminating evidence recovered from him includes: the phone and laptop he uses and other materials which were printed from his device.
In his judgment, Justice Sani having held that the court is satisfied with the evidence before it pronounced Aderibigbe guilty of the charge and sentenced him to 3years imprisonment with option N982,403 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Two Thousand, Four Hundred and Three Naira Only). The court also ordered that the iphone 7+ and laptop, which were used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.
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