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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Monday, February 22, 2021, secured
conviction of one Oluwatoyin Henry before Justice Sherifat Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court,
sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on one count of obtaining by false
pretence.
The charge reads: “That you Oluwatoyin Henry sometimes
in 2019, at Ogbomosho, within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of
One Thousand Two Hundred United States of America Dollars (USD$1,200) from one
Betty Mosley, when you falsely represented to him that you are a citizen
of United States of America by name Amanda, who is in love with him which
representations you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence.”
The convict, who claimed to be a student of
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho a pleaded guilty to the
amended charge after a plea bargain agreement with the prosecution.
Based on his plea, he was convicted and sentenced to
six months in prison.
He was also ordered to restitute the sum of $1,200 USD
(One Thousand Two Hundred United States of American Dollars) to his
victim, and forfeit his iPhone 11, one Infinix Hot 5 and a Nokia phone to the
Federal Government of Nigeria.
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