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.
Elerin Of Adanla Irese Taofeek Sanusi Ilorin Curfew Alabere Transition Implementation Committee Tayo Alao Ahmed ER-KANG Mining Tinubu Mazars Consulting Oko Kolo Simeon Sule Ajibola Labour Party Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin Law School Scholarship Ayinde Oki Kabir Shagaya Kpotum Mohammed Baba Ahman Patigi Arik Waziri Yakubu Gobir Kolade Solagberu QuickWin Jide Ashonibare Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Okasanmi Ajayi NURTW Shuaib Jawondo Zainab Abass Abdulhakeem Amao Bareke Elections Halidu Danbaba Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Aminu Ado Bayero Babatunde Ishola Babaita Alimi Abdulrazaq Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola Computer Based Test IDPU Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf Ishola Abdullahi Galadiman Ngeri Kale Bayero Quran Abubakar B.M Sardauna Of Ilorin Yahaya Muhammad Oke-Kura Kwara South Laboratory-to-Product Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development Smart School Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence Makama Of Kaiama Dan Masanin Ashiru Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab Femtech Olabimpe Olani Abdulrauf Yusuf Esinrogunjo Garba Ayodele Wahab AbdulRazaq Jiddah Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria Saad Omo\'ya Grillo Aro Yahaya Obuh Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs Elekoyangan Sobi Specialist Hospital Tope Daramola Voices Of Tomorrow Akume KWAFFA

