*to forfeit foreign currencies, Phones ATM cards
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Five suspected internet fraudsters have been sentenced to 42 months imprisonment by the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan for criminal impersonation.
The convicts arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Ibadan zonal command are Ogunbayo Peter Oluwatobiloba (aka Racheal Brinkley), Charles Jude Albert, Kolawole Bankole Opeyemi, Bello Tobiloba Abdullahi and Obitokun Olugbade Solomon.
According to EFCC, the convicts were found guilty of impersonation, an offence which according to EFCC contravenes section 22(2)(b)(1) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act 2015 and punishable under section 22(2)(b) of the same Act.
Bello and Kolawole were convicted and sentenced to 10 months imprisonment each, Ogunbayo, 9 months; Obitokun, 8 months, while Albert was sentenced to 5 months in prison having earlier pleaded guilty to their respective charges in line with the conditions of the plea bargain agreement reached with the Commission.
Justice Uche Agomoh also ordered Kolawole to restitute his victim the sum of $5,100USD (Five Thousand One Hundred United States Dollars) and to forfeit one iPhone 11 Pro Max and one iPhone 7 plus to the Federal Government.
The judge asked Bello to restitute the sum of $200USD (Two Hundred United States Dollars) to his victim through the Federal government of Nigeria and forfeits one black iPhone 11 to the Federal Government.
On his part, Ogunbayo is to restitute the sum of $500USD (Five Hundred United States Dollars) and N145, 000 (One Hundred and Forty Five Thousand Naira) to his victim through the Federal Government of Nigeria while Albert is to forfeits one iPhone 12, one iPhone 6, one Access Bank ATM card and one Airpod to the Federal Government.
He will pay the sum of $400USD (Four Hundred United States Dollars) as restitution to his victim, while Obitokun was ordered to restitute the sum of $25USD (Twenty Five United States Dollars) to his victim, and also forfeit one Techno phone to the Federal Government.
