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A court has jailed a fraudster and others for duping unsuspecting victims different sums of money.
 Adeshina
An internet fraudster has been sent to jail.
The convict identified as Adeshina Abdulrasheed was sentenced by Justice M. Tukur of the State High Court Kaduna.
The justice also sentenced two other persons to various jail terms for fraud.
Adeshina Abdulrasheed was sentenced to two and a half years
imprisonment on a one-count charge bordering on cheating and
impersonation
His reads ‘’That you Adeshina Abdulrasheed, sometime in July
2020 at Barnawa and within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,
did attempt an offence of cheating by impersonation, when you pretended
to be one Lollie Garbow on Facebook and in such assumed character, sent
several scam messages to unsuspecting victims wherein you fraudulently
told them about a Bill and Malinda Gate Foundation programme with the
intent of cheating them, thereby committed an offence contrary to
Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under
Section 309 of the same Law’’
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, prompting prosecuting
counsel, P.C Onyeneho to ask the court to convict him accordingly.
Justice Tukur consequently convicted and sentenced Abdulrasheed to
two and a half years imprisonment with the option of One Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Naira(N150,000:00) fine.
The iPhone used in perpetrating the crime was ordered forfeited to the Federal Government.
Abdulrasheed who hails from Oyo State but resides in Jos, Plateau
State, was arrested at a hotel in Kaduna by Operatives of the Commission
acting on intelligence.
He is alleged to be involved in a dating scam on Instagram and
lures women to send him money as gift cards which he sells on Paxful
Platform and convert to Bitcoin. He uses ‘Ryan Edward’ on his Instagram
handle and defrauded M. Carmen, a Mexican, among other victims.
Further investigation revealed that he has twelve Facebook accounts
bearing the following names: Alex Wolf, Anas Charalabou, Betty Jimenez,
Ehi Kingley, Arobot Abdul and others.
Justice Tukur also convicted and sentenced one Nura Danjuma
Bilyaminu to six months imprisonment without the option of fine for
obtaining money by false pretence.
The defendant who is the promoter of Binomo Trade Investment
between April 1, 2020 and November 3, 2020 defrauded many victims of a
cumulative sum of three million three hundred and twenty eight thousand
four hundred and thirty nine naira(N3,328,439:00) in phony investment,
using promises of mouthwatering returns on investment as baits.
The charge reads, “that you Nura Danjuma (M)sometimes in May,
2020 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court, did
commit cheating to wit; by representing yourself to be Umar Usman to one
Abubakar Abdullahi and fraudulently induced him to pay you the sum of
Twenty Five Thousand Naira (N25,000) as an investment for Binomo Trade
Investment, which you knew to be false, and you thereby committed an
offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017
and punishable under section 309 of the same Law”.
He pleaded guilty to the charge.
Prosecuting counsel, M. Lawal urged the court to convict the
defendant accordingly, while the defence counsel, U.A. Salisu pleaded
for leniency.
Justice M. Tukur however convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment without an option of fine.
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