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COURT IMPRISONS 17 INTERNET FRAUDSTERS IN BENIN CITY

Admin September 7, 2024
Court Imprisons 17

Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City and presided over by Justice Igho Braimoh has convicted and sentenced 17 Internet fraudsters to various jail terms.

The convicts are Oserei John Vianny, Osaro Moses, Desmond Okoduwa, Obi Isaac, Joshua Omoruyi, Iyabosa Omoruyi, Jeffery Omoruyi, Odion Alex Idada, Aisosa Aiyeki, Prosper Aimiomwona,

Others are Cherish Omoruyi, Kelly Omoruyi, Victor Osaze, Obobor Moses, Timothy Ogie, Osemuahu Godspower, Bonny Stephen
 
They were prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on separate one-count charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.

The charge against Oserei reads: That you Oserei John Vianny (m) on or about the 10th of June, 2024 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did have in your possession documents which you knew or ought to have known contained false pretence thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 and 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.

All the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges when they were read to them in court, prompting the prosecution counsel, I.K Agwai, Ibrahim Faisal, and Ahmed Salihu to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, maintaining that they have become remorseful for their actions.

Justices Braimoh between Friday, August 30 and Wednesday, September 4, 2024,  convicted and sentenced Oserei John Vianny, Odion Idada Alex, Cherish Omoruyi, Kelly Omoruyi Aisosa Aiyeki, Obobor Moses and Osaro Moses to two years imprisonment or a fine of N200, 000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) each while Iyobosa, Joshua, Prosper, Timothy Ogie, Osemuahu Godspower, Bonny Stephen Jeffery Omoruyi, Victor Osaze and Obi Isaac bagged three years imprisonment or a fine of N200,000. The judge convicted and sentenced Desmond to three years imprisonment or a fine of N500,000
 
The judge ordered the forfeiture of a Toyota Camry, Mercedes Benz 350, Rav4 Toyota, Mercedes Benz C300 recovered from Desmond Okoduwa, Obi Isaac, Aisosa Aiyeki being proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

All the convicts are also to forfeit their phones, laptops, and balances in their various bank accounts, being instruments and proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria and undertake in writing to be of good behaviour afterward.

According to a statement by the Head, Media & Publicity of EFCC, Dele Oyewale, the convicts’ journey to the Correctional Centre began following their arrest by operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Commission in a sting operation regarding their involvement in computer-related fraud.

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