Cybercrime: Court Sends 'Photo Editor' To Prison Over N15,000 In Kwara
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.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Ahmad Belgore Saad Omo\'ya AbdulGafar Tosho Sidikat Akaje Elerin Of Adanla Theophilus Oyebiyi Aso Ofi Toyin Falola General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin Oke-Oyi Christopher Ayeni Jimoh Olusola Imam Kaosarah Adeyi Egbejila Wale Oladepo PPS Amasa Baba Issa Olateju Lukman Shehu Raheem Adaramaja Olam Food Ingredients Allocation Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Baboko Primary School Kwabes Dan Masanin Yusuf Zulu-Gambari Obuh Obasanjo Orisun Igbomina Emir Of Kano COVID-19 Palliatives Agboola Abdulraheem Fatima Abolore Jimoh Hassan Taiye Salam Oni Adebayo Kayode Oyin-Zubair Ayegbeni Ademola Kiyesola Suraj Tunji Oyewale Odo-Owa Yusuf Abdulraheem LABTOP Dairo Kunle Paul Offa Unilorin Ganiyu Abolarin Mashood Dauda BIR Joseph Offorjama Al-Adaby Toyin Olayinka Tejidini Bola Tinubu Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye Abdulquowiyu Olododo JSSCE Ajike People Support Centre Nurudeen Muhammed Aliyu Alhassan Rashidi Yekini Rabiu Kwankwaso 07039448763 Abubakar Atiku SUBEB Farouk Salim Abdulquawiy Olododo Oro Grammar School Wahab Abayawo Nigerian Medical Association University Road Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) Olabode Towoju Issa Manzuma Olupako Of Share Ahman Pategi University Ogidi-Oloje Titus Suberu-Ajibola

