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Fifteen internet fraudsters have been jailed by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.

The court, presided by Justice M. Itsueli, sentenced the fraudsters after convicting them of offences bordering on internet fraud and obtaining under false pretences.

The convicts are Seth Chukwumah, Hart James Okoh, Berta Aghogho Akpoveta, Obinna Okoh Patrick, Ugwoke Chinecherem Johnson and Akpovona –Momoh Malcolm Oghenekome.

Others include Frank Efe Okeoghene, Okpidi Oghenerukevwe, Prince Tamunotonye Obinna, Jeffrey Nwose, Louis Victory Emuerhime, Isoso Precious, Tsebi Princewill, Dafinone Osuma and Oyinkepreye Anderson.

The convicts were arraigned on separate one-count charges of fraudulent representation and unlawful possession of fraudulent documents by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, .ng reports.

Chukwumah, Okoh, Patrick and Akpoveta were arraigned on September 12 while others were arraigned on September 11 and 13, 2023.

One of the charges reads: “tmRhat you, Tsebi Princewill sometimes between 2022 to 2023 in Benin City, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did with intent to defraud represent yourself to be Tony Richards, a white man and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 48, Laws of Bendel State (as applicable in Edo State) 1976.”

Upon arraignment, all the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges, prompting prosecution counsel – F.A.Jirbo, I.M. Elodi, Ibrahim Faisal, Salihu Ahmed and T.Y Bello – to ask the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.

However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.

Justice Itsueli convicted and sentenced Johnson and Obinna to six months imprisonment or a fine of N500,000, each.

Chukwumah bagged two years imprisonment with an option of a fine of N500,000.

Osuma and Anderson were convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment each or a fine of N300,000.

Okoh, Akpoveta, Patrick, Oghenekome, Oghenerukevwe, Emuerhime, Precious, Nwose, and Princewill were each sentenced to three years imprisonment or a fine of N500, 000.

Okeoghene bagged three years imprisonment or a fine of N1 million.

The judge ordered the convicts to forfeit one blue Lexus RX 350; one Mercedes Benz GLK 430, 2017 model; one Red Mercedes Benz GLK 2014 model; one black Lexus NX 300, 2020 model; one Silver Lexus RX 350 2011 model, as well as mobile phones and laptops, being proceeds of crime, to the Federal Government through the EFCC.

In addition, the judge ruled that the convicts’ bank s domiciled in Keystone Bank, UBA, GT Bank, Zenith Bank, Unity Bank, Opay Digital Services Limited, Fair Money Microfinance Bank and Rolez Microfinance Bank used in receiving proceeds of crime, be permanently frozen and monies found therein forfeited to the Federal Government.

https://.ng/2023/09/15/court-sends-15-internet-fraudsters-to-prison-in-benin/

If you can do the Crime, then you can also do the Time!!

Money answereth all, pay your fines and move on





The artifact is an original Nok terracotta that’s over a thousand years old

Another batch....

How about politicians who have been found guilty of looting? Court will keep adjourning the case till forever. I know long before now that the Nigerian law is not for the powerful.

Note: I DO NOT INTERNET FRAUD

Work legit, stay crime free and live jiggy

I commend the EFCC for securing this prosecutions. They should also use same energy to go after the real Yahoo men that have brought the economy of this country to it's knees.

Hahhahaha

This thing dey sweet oo

Efcc on para mode

Stop doing yahoo they won't listen, karma has caught up to you.....

Edo and Igbo on the MIC this time around… The most criminally people in Nigeria.

Most of their parents buy laptops for them to commit fraud and they are proud of it

Nice one.

Would’ve been sweet if past politicians are the victims of these fraudsters

They’ll pay the fine and continue from where they stopped

ponlear:
How about politicians who have been found guilty of looting? Court will keep adjourning the case till forever. I know long before now that the Nigerian law is not for the powerful.

Note: I DO NOT INTERNET FRAUD

Work legit, stay crime free and live jiggy

Don't just mind them. Even though I don't Internet fraud.

Ah

Just send them to prison. That option of fine is not needed.

With option of fine?

I really don't understand the system of judgment in Nigeria innocent citizens that are busy Hussling to survive this hardship politician throw at the masses are been sentence to jail. Why the real 419, yahoo and the criminals politicians are walking free the street.

When are going to get things right?

We are loosing men to crime and prisons lately. We the remaining should try and date more ladies so that hook up will not take them far. Better still, ladies you can share your man with your friends to help them this economy downturn. 😂 meanwhile this’s coming from a friend not me. Those who are for his opinion like, those who are against share. Let’s go. I’ll start by sharing

Criminals

i don't have problem with gboys, but they shouldn't be oppressing other people. At times e con be like say person life no get meaning

Actually Nigeria encourage cyber and political crime

What's fine of 300k or 500k to a Yahoo boy it's more of an encouragement than a deterrent

Most of them won't spend a day in prison

Even the jail time is nothing to write home about

Na only 15 dey Edo?
Ahbi na the small boys wey nor get money settle them?

A very useless country, yahoo boys don suffer pick money from whitey, govt go come collect the money from yahoo boys, govt is the main yahoo

I say make I come check whether the yahoo boy wey snatch my ex follow

Abobi, wetin dey sup!


Make una use that pressure go arrest all those politicians wey dey loot this nation

Make una free Elon Musk boys

Their crypto wallets nko? If they didn't check those ones, then they have done nothing handful to them with those forfeitures. If you know then you know.

Street is rough. But Benin boys them too do. I am not in a position to condemn yahoo, cos I’ve once been a beneficiary to this ugly game. Sad. But truth is whenever I think of the harm I caused innocent people I just most times make donations to old people’s home and orphanages and I keep praying everyday that God in His infinite mercy forgives me. Man condition make crayfish bend. But yahoo from my own personal experience is very very very bad. Youths should engage themselves in something meaningful and learn the virtues of patience. With time God will bless the works of your hand and everything will fall in place for you.