*suspects forfeit foreign currencies, phones, Car to FG
By;BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Ibadan Zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), on Thursday secured the conviction of three persons over their involvement in internet fraud.
At their arraignment before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan and Justice Sherifat Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, the internet fraudsters, Bandele Olarenwaju John, Aniyikaye Olumide Oluwatope and Chuks Ezeh Melody pleaded “guilty” to the charges preferred against them by the EFCC.
As a result of their pleas, the prosecution counsel, Abdulrasheed Lanre Suleiman reviewed the facts of the cases and urged the court to convict and sentence the defendants as charged.
Justice Agomoh sentenced Bamidele to 9months imprisonment while Aniyikaye was committed to six months jail term.
Justice Adeyemi convicted and sentenced Chuks to one month community service.
Bandele was ordered to give the sum of $780USD (Seven Hundred and Eighty United States Dollars) to his victim as well as to forfeit to the Federal Government: one iPhone 6, and two HP Laptops.
The court ordered Aniyikaye to pay the sum of $1,100 (One Thousand One Hundred United States Dollars) in restitution, and forfeits two unregistered Toyota Camry 2008 and 2012 model cars and equally forfeited the “Vivo and Techno F2 Mobile handsets” recovered from Chuks to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
