The conviction of two fraudsters, Adisa Adebayo Adegboyega and Ganiyu Sodiq Olalekan, was secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Command, on Wednesday August 4, 2021, before Justice Iyabo Yerima of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, for internet-related fraud.
Adisa, aged 23, who claimed to be an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) holder from Oke Ogun Polytechnic Saki, Oyo state, was sentenced to six months community service, while Ganiyu, an 18-year-old artisan, bagged three months community service.
The charge against Adisa read: “That you, Adisa Adebayo Adegboyega on or about the 17th of November, 2020, at Ibadan within the Ibadan Judicial Division of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of Eight Hundred United States Dollars ($800 USD) only through gift cards from one Herby Ruiter by falsely representing to him that you are a 45-year-old white American nurse working in Cyprus, who goes by the name Jennifer Joel, and who is in love with him and ready to marry him, which representations you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence.”
The offence is contrary to Section 419 of the Criminal Code, Cap.C38, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
The judge also ordered Adisa to restitute to his victim, Herby De Ruiter, the sum of $2,045 through the Federal Government of Nigeria, and to also forfeit his Techno Spark 4 mobile phone and one Dell laptop to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Ganiyu was ordered to restitute the sum of $250 to his victim, David Govann, through the EFCC and forfeit an Iphone 6x mobile phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
