The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, secured the conviction of an internet fraudster, Lawal Sholaru, who bagged six months imprisonment or an N400,000 option of fine for defrauding an American, Mr David Geobel, of $1,200 in an online scam.
Sholaru was convicted by Justice Mojisola Dada of Ikeja Special Offences Court in a judgment, delivered in a virtual proceeding.
The convict was arraigned on March 18, 2020, by the EFCC on a one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence, to which he pleaded guilty.
Prosecution counsel, S.O. Daji while reviewing the facts of the case, told the court that the defendant in his statement to the EFCC, confessed that he was into romance scam with the pseudo name, Alicia White, a US national on Facebook and
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