Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court on Wednesday sentenced one Wright Shola John to one-year imprisonment for defrauding an American citizen, Erica Hegge, of the sum of $1,450.
The 29-year-old, who operated with the pseudonym David Riger, was found guilty of a one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office. The offence runs contrary to Section 419 of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000. He pleaded guilty to the charge when read to him.While relating with his victim, John had falsely presented himself as a white man to gain access and subsequently preyed on her.
Justice Taiwo granted the prayers as he ordered that the convict pays back the $1,450 to the owner through the EFCC. He also held that the Tecno phone recovered from him in the course of investigation be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. His conviction takes effect from his day of arrest.
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