Cybercrime: Court Sends 'Photo Editor' To Prison Over N15,000 In Kwara

Date: 2024-03-27

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Usman Harun, to six months imprisonment over internet fraud and possession of proceeds of unlawful activity.

The convict from Kogi State who claims to be a photo editor was dragged to court on a one-count charge brought against him by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The offence is punishable under section 319 of the Penal Code.

According to the charge, “Harun in February 2024 in Malete, Kwara State, did knowingly had under his control N15,000 in his bank account which was unlawfully obtained.”

The defendant pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him in court.

EFCC counsel, Charles Oni, prosecuted the case on behalf of the commission.

Delivering his judgement, Justice Abdulgafar pronounced him guilty with an option of N100,000 fine.

He ordered the phone used to perpetrate the crime which he benefited from should be forfeited to the Federal Government.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Oyawoye     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Awoye     United Nigeria Congress Party     Okin Malt     Manzuma     Mohammed Halidu     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Bayer AG     Eghe Igbinehin     Elewu     Garba Dogo     Mujtabah Bature     Ramat Oganija     Najim Yaasin     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Plat Technologies     Elekoyangan     Aminu Ado Bayero     KWATMA     LEAH Charity Foundation     ASKOMP     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Hassan Taiye Salam     Ike Ekweremadu     Yunus Lawal     Eruku     Ilorin Muslim Community     Yusuf Abubakar     08001000100     Shade Omoniyi     MATTA Girls Foundation     Ayo Opadokun     Iponrin     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Photo News     Mamman Saba Jibril     Prince Bola Ajibola     Durbar     Senate President     Amuda Musbau     Tosho Yaqub     Justina Oha     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Tosin Saraki     Muhammed Aliyu     Balikis Jawondo     Femi Ogunsola     Shoprite     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     HICA     Musa Alhassan Buge     Yusuf Lawal     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Akanbi-Oke     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Ilorin Airport     CT Ayeni     SSA Youth     Reuben Paraje     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     NURTW     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Owu Fall     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Osinbajo     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Wahab Isa     Ahmad Ali     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Salihu Alhaji Musa     UNILORIN Alumni     John Kehinde Salako     Al-Ilory     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Kishira     Idris Garba     Ilorin South Constituency     Abdulwahab Ololele     Okin Malt     Nigerian Medical Association     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     IYA YUSUF     International Vocational Centre     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Nigerian Army     Haliru Yahaya     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Sulaiman Gado     Saliu Ajia     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     NIPR     Muhammadu Gobir     Leke Ogungbe     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Shehu Salau     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     GRA     Kwara State Government     NTA Ilorin     Ali Ahmad     Pakata Patriots     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Quran     SSA Youth     James Kolo     Halidu Danbaba     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Abubakar Ndakene     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Hamid Bobboyi     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Idris Amosa Saidu     IHS     Minimum Wage     Bolaji Nagode     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Government High School Adeta     Bilikisu Gambari     Dorcas Afeniforo     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Wahab Egbewole     2023 Elections     Kwara Liberation Group     Oba-Solagberu     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Ilorin Emirate     Ahmed Dankaya     Akume     KWATMA     Voices Of Tomorrow     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Oloriegbe     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Sardauna     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman