The
fraudsters, who specialised in Business E-mail Compromise (BCG), internet
fraud, and other related offences are: Chisom Emmanuel Odom; Isajimi Joshua;
Tafa Basit; Adeleye Oladele Benjamin, Chukwu Simon and Amoo Tunmise.
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of
six internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys.
They
were sentenced and convicted by different Federal High Court judges at the
Federal Capital Territory on charges bordering on internet frauds.
The
convicts’ problems started when residents of their respective neighbourhoods
petitioned the EFCC, alleging them of suspicious lifestyles as signals of
criminality.
Investigation
by the Commission revealed that the fraudsters converted their residences to
dens, where they were operating freely and defrauding members of the public.
Items
discovered from them, upon their arrests, were electronic gadgets, ranging from
sophisticated computer systems, software and hardware devices, browsers amongst
others.
They
were subsequently charged to different courts where they pleaded guilty.
Justice
F.O.G Ogunbanjo, convicted and sentenced Odom and Joshua while Justice Ojukwu
of Federal High Court, convicted Benjamin to two years imprisonment. She also
convicted and sentenced Tunmise and ordered him to pay a fine of N1million.
In
the same vein, Justice Binta Nyako convicted and sentenced Simon and Basit to
six months and three months respectively.
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