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.

The Herald     Kwara South     COEASU     Kwara 2015     Facemasks     Police Commissioner     Yekini Adio     Yakubu Danladi     Ahmed \'Lateef     Gobir Organization Foundation     NYSC     Oniwa     Oko-Olowo     HICA     Roheemat Hammed     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Fatai Olodo     Peter Obi     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Kwara Volleyball Association     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Abatemi-Usman     Oke-Ero     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Muhammed Akanbi     Kwha.gov.ng     Balogun Ajikobi     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Olaitan Adefila     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     ANCOPPS     Omar Gambari     Yoruba     Shero     Samuel Adaramola     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Shonga Farm Project     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     TESCOM     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Admiralty Villa     Ajike People Support Centre     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Saad Omo\'ya     Amuda Aluko     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Halimah Perogi     Buhari     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Kisra     Bolaji Aladie     UNIFEMGA     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Muhammadu Buhari     Hamza Usman     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     IPSAS     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Yeketi     Kale Kawu     Ejidongari     LAK Jimoh     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Agboola Babatunde     James Ayeni     Fatimoh Lawal     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ademola Kiyesola     Omoniyi     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Ubandoma     KW-GIS     Ibrahim Labaika     Tunde Saad     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Garba Ado Sanni    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilorin International Airport     Sebastine Obasi     Ayo Adeyemi     Balogun Ajikobi     Ayobami Akanbi     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Azeez Salawu     Olatunji Ayeni     Royal FM     Idi-Ape     Abdulfatai Ahmed     AbdulHamid Adi     NAWOJ     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Oyelere Oyinloye     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Oke-opin     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Olupako     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Ilorin Muslim Community     COVID     Amuda Bembe     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Alabe     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Teachers Specific Allowance     Facebook     Gbemisola Saraki     Saduki Lafiagi     Ahman Pategi University     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Kola Ologbondiyan     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Olupako Of Share     Pakata Development Association     EndSARS     Firdaos Amasa     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Ilesha Gwanara Road     S.O. Opowoye     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ibrahim Jawondo     Awwal Jawondo     Ibrahim Abikan     TESCOM 2025     Babs Iwarere     Lola Ashiru     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Sulu Gambari     Bureau Of Lands     Suleiman Ajadi     Doyin Group     Abubakar Suleiman     Bolakale Ayo     V.O. Abioye     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Kwara State Pension Board     Vasolar Consortium     Edu     Seni Saraki     NIPOGA     Saeedat Aliyu     Yomi Adeboye     Rotimi Oyedepo     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Igbaja     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Sheriff Olanrewaju     FERMA     Simon Sayomi     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Ayedun