FBI suspect bags two years for N5.9m fraud in Kwara

Date: 2020-08-20

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of an internet fraudster, and FBI suspect, Akinyemi Festus.

The anti-corruption agency said this in a statement by its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Dele Oyewale.

The statement noted that Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja convicted and sentenced Festus to two years imprisonment for internet fraud.

The convict was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal office of EFCC on two counts of internet fraud.

He was also said to be on the wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigations of the United States Department of Justice.

The FBI, in a petition dated July 10, 2019, had appealed to the Ilorin Zonal office of the commission to ensure the arrest and prosecution of Festus for his roles in a multi-million naira international scam.

One of the charges read, "That you Abiona Akinyemi Festus (Ella Jones), sometime between January 2011 and May 2016 at Lagos, by means of fraudulent trick used the email address

"Obtained the sum of N5, 950, 000 from retirement accounts, held by an insurance company for public workers in the United States of America."

Festus pleaded guilty to the charge.

The Head of Advance Fee Fraud, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal office, Olamide Sadiq, reviewed the facts of the case, which included that the defendant was arrested based on a petition from the FBI linking him to the offence.

Justice Taiwo convicted him as charged and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment on each of the two counts with N300, 000 option of fine on each of the counts.

The judge also ordered him to return the sums of money he cornered to the FBI.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adamu B. Yaqubu     Students Union Government     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     SGBN     Bursary     Oba Abu     Saidu Yaro Musa     Ilorin Metro Park     Ilorin     Lithium Deposit     Pakata Development Association     MMWG     Tsado Manman     Fatai Olodo     Tunde Kazeem     Bola Magaji     Babatunde Idiagbon     Musa Aibinu     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Ilorin Central Mosque     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Sango-UITH Road     Kayode Ibrahim     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Obuh     Saka Keji     Bureau Of Lands     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Old Oyo     Samuel Adedoyin     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Oya State     Mohammed Abdulahi     Centre For Digital Economy     Tafida Of Kaiama     Mike Omotosho     Femi Agbaje     Gbenga Adebayo     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Jalala     NIPR     Yusuf Badmus     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Chikanda     Olokoba Sulyman     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Umar Saro     Hajj     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Noah Yusuf     SSA Youth Engagement     Olateju Lukman     Transition Implementation Committee     Tuesday Assayomo     Adedeji Onimago     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Oyawoye     Kwara State Polytechnic     Kwara Apc     Saliu Alamoyo     Adama Isa     AbdulHamid Adi     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Ganiyu Abolarin     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Gbemi Saraki     Femi Ogunsola     Ndakene     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Tunde Oyawoye     Alaiye     NULGE     CT Ayeni     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

N-Power     New Naira Notes     Wasiu Odewale     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     IPSAS     Oke-Ode     Bello Bature     Bankole Omishore     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Matthew Babaoye     Sa\'adu Salahu     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Ubandawaki     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Split Diamond Interchange     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Ahmed     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Tsaragi-Share     Abioye Bello     Suleman Abubakar     Magaji Nda     Nupe     Baruba     Balogun Gambari     Bola Sagaya     Ilorin Curfew     Ahman Patigi     Offa     Oye Tinuoye     Hijab     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Senate     MINILS     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Alao Ayotunde     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Olawuyi     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Communication Network Support Services     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     BECE     20 Billion Bond     Tsaragi/Share     Kwara North     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Sarah Alade     Bayo Onimago     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Owode Market     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Obayomi Azeez     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Government House     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Ibrahim Oniye     IsDB     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Quareeb Islamic Association     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Admiralty Villa     Borgu     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Egbewole     NULGE     Zara Umar     Offa Poly     Air Peace     General Hospital, Offa     Salihu Ajia     Eleyele     TVC Female National Debate     Olaosebikan     Mansur Alfanla     Michael Nzekwe