EFCC SECURES CONVICTION OF BARBER, TWO OTHERS FOR INTERNET FRAUD IN KADUNA
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of the trio of Miracle Obiduikwu (aka Jevonta Latimer), Baneywu Kuzayet Ambrose ( aka Alexa Daisy) and Francis Uba Chidebere (aka Cherrycapricott) before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on separate one count charge bordering on internet fraud.
The defendants who were arrested in different parts of Kaduna following intelligence linking them to various internet fraud-related activities, were found to have defrauded some foreign nationals through social media.
One of the charges reads, “That you, Miracle Obiduikwu (aka Jevonta Latimer) (M) between January and June 2023 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in an attempt to commit fraud falsely presented yourself as one Jevonta Latimer, a white man and US Marine on Instagram (an online social media application), which pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 142(1) of the same Law”.
Another charge reads, “That you, Baneywu Kuzayet Ambrose (aka Alexa Daisy) male, sometime in May 2023 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court falsely presented yourself as one Alexa Daisy a white woman from Virginia United States of America on Facebook (an online social media application) to one Nestor Belandria in a bid to lure him into love scam, which pretence you knew to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 142 (1) if the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017”.
They all pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against them. In view of their pleas, the prosecuting counsel, E.K Garba and K.S Ogunlade urged the court to convict them accordingly.
Justice Khobo convicted and sentenced them to two years imprisonment or a fine of N 150,000 each.
In addition, they were ordered to forfeit all gadgets and proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
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