Man Bags One Year Jail Term For Internet Fraud

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Man Bags One Year Jail Term For Internet Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal
office, on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 secured the conviction and
sentencing of one Andrew Aigbedion, an internet fraudster from the
Special Offence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state and presided over by
Justice Sherifat Solebo.

The convict was arraigned on a one-count charge that borders on possession of a fraudulent document. 
The count reads, “that you, Andrew Aigbedion (a.k.a Steve) on or about
the 5th day of January 2018, at Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial
Division, had in your possession a document wherein you falsely
represented yourself to one Anne that you are a widower and originally
from Greece and has lived in the United States of America for less than
26 months when you knew or ought to know, having regard to the
circumstances of the case, that the document contains false pretence and
committed an offence contrary to Section 318 of the Criminal Laws of
Lagos State No. 11 of 2011.”

The prosecution counsel, Bilkisu Buhari, informed the court that the
convict pleaded guilty to charge preferred against him at the last
sitting and consequently, moved to review the facts of the case.
According to the prosecution counsel: “Sometime in May 2017, the
defendant was arrested by operatives of the EFCC and upon his arrest, he
volunteered his statement. In the course of the investigation, he
admitted to being into romance scam.

“Upon a forensic analysis into his email address-musicalous@yahoo.com-, documents containing false pretence were printed out.
“The defendant impersonated a white man named Steve and confessed to
obtaining the sum of $15,000 (Fifteen Thousand United State Dollars) and
Seven Million Naira (N7, 000, 000) from unsuspecting members of the
public.

“The defendant also admitted to purchasing two exotic cars from the
proceeds of crime, which he agreed to forfeit to the Federal
Government.”
The prosecution counsel, upon the detailed review of facts, prayed that
Aigbedion be convicted as contained in the plea bargain agreement.

The convict’s counsel, however, prayed the court to temper justice
with mercy in sentencing his client, stating that he was a first-time
offender who had shown remorse and promised to change. 
Justice Sherifat Solebo found him guilty of the offence and sentenced
him to one year imprisonment. His cars were forfeited to the Federal
Government.

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