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.
Bolakale Saka Ike Ekweremadu CLAY POT Emir Of Kano IsDB All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools Ridwan Agboola Kola Ologbondiyan Sulaiman Gado Yusuf Ali Ahmed Dankaya Ilorin Amusement Park Bayer Nigeria Limited Segun Ogunsola ARMTI Kwara State Polytechnic Dan Iya Abdulahi Abubakar Bata Ibrahim Jawondo Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa Gbajabiamila Babatunde Idiagbon Oba Abdulraheem National Democratic Congress Goodluck Jonathan Amuda Bembe Kwara State Television (KWTV) COVID Sabo-Oke Mohammed Katsina Ahmed Bukola Saraki Mohammed Alabi Lawal Abdulmajeed Wahab Saliu Alamoyo Abdulraheem Yusuf AIT Ilorin Bankole Omisore Iyabo Dupe Adekeye General Hospital Kwara University Of Education Prince Bola Ajibola IFK Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa AGM Professional Services Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan Oke-Oyi Abdulfatah Ahmed Muideen Olaniyi Alalade Babatunde Ajeigbe NULGE Gaa Olobi Aisha Ahman-Pategi Awodun Shagari Aliyu Sabi Ilorin South Constituency Ibrahim Abdullahi Abdulazeez Uthman Eruku Fatimah Abdulkadir Kishira Temitope Ogunbanke FOMWAN Muftau Akanbi Oke Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) Minimum Wage Igosun Budo Egba AbdulGafar Tosho Mujtabah Bature Sheikh Ariyibi Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu Raji AbdulRasaq Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria Segun Abifarin

