The FCT High Court in Gwagwalada on Thursday ordered a student, Istifanus Irmiya, to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
Irmiya was docked by the EFCC on a two-count charge, boarding on cheating and impersonation.Delivering judgment, Justice Aliyu Shafa, convicted and sentenced Irmiya to clean the commission’s premises from 9am to 12 noon daily for two weeks.He ordered that the phone used by the convict to perpetuate the crime be burnt.“The rate of internet fraud through Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, among others in society is so alarming. That he is a first-time offender is not an excuse to go scot-free.
“I want to beg the court for mercy. I’m deeply sorry for what I have done. I’m a changed person now knowing fully well the consequences of my offence,” he said. “The convict has shown remorse and genuinely repented over the crime he has committed by way of expressing genuine repentance, he has restituted the proceeds of crime which is the sum of 250 Euros.
She said the convict carried out an illegal act, making one Alex Lexis, a German, send him the sum of 250 Euros which he received via PayPal and Nosh Apps before transferring to his own account domiciled with Polaris Bank.
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