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Internet Fraudster Jailed Six Months for Impersonation
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Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Yusuf Bukar Gambo to one and half years imprisonment.
Gambo was convicted after he pleads guilty to a four count charge which borders on cheating and impersonation.
Gambo was said to have cloned the Facebook accounts of some American citizens and used their identities to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
Five Suspected Internet Fraudsters Nabbed in Abuja
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Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, arrested five suspected internet fraudsters.
The suspects, Eze Joseph Chukwunenye, James T. Anyaele, Temisanren Fidel Banro, Chris Edesiri and Favour Adagbrasa, were nabbed in a sting operation at Kubwa, Abuja for alleged involvement in cybercrimes.
Five phones of different brands and one Lexus ES 330 car were recovered from them.
Corps Member, 4 Others Jailed for Cybercrime in Ilorin
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A 28-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving in Igara Local Government Area of Edo State, Adamu Shaibu, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment over offences bordering cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds.
Shaibu, an indigene of Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State was convicted alongside four others: Olasupo Abdullateef Olawale, from Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State, Aguh Henry Chicherem from Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, one Ridwan Abiodun Abdulganiyu and Qozeem Shuaib from Ilorin West local Government Area of Kwara State, before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin.
Port Harcourt Court Sends Three Internet Fraudsters to Jail
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Three internet kingpins: Jerry Thankgod, Gospel James and Matthew Kelvin Fejiro , were on Wednesday and Thursday October 12 and 13, 2022 convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment.
They were jailed by Justice S. D. Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
They were arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a separate one-count charge of impersonation.
Court Sends Two Internet Fraudsters to Jail in Benin
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Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City, Edo State on Monday October 17, 2022 convicted and sentenced Austin Okolo and Osayande Osariemen to jail for fraud.
The duo were arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a separate charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents and personation.
The charge against Osariemen reads:
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