Again, court jails six for internet fraud in Ilorin

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Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has jailed six internet fraudsters. They were charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command, in continued efforts to sanitize Kwara and its environs of cybercrime and other related offenses.

The convicts are Ismail Abdulbasit from Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State; Oladipo Victor from Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State and Ibrahim Oluwatosin from Ipetumodu in Osun State. Others include Ayantola Segun Samuel from Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State; Musbau Waris Atomo from Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State and one Babalola Rasaq Oluwadamilare from Ogun State.

In one of the charges against the convicts, particulars of the charge sheet against Abdulbasit read; 'That you, Ismail Abdulbasit between in February 2024 at Malete, Kwara State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, fraudulently impersonate one Jason Boone from United States of America with intent to gain advantage for yourself thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 of the Cybercrimes Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22 of the same Act” In addition, the charge...

 

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Courts jail six Internet fraudsters in IlorinJustices, Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court and Adebayo Yusuf of the State High Court, all sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have jailed six people for cybercrime offences.
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