Internet Fraud: Court Sentences Mother, Son To Three Years In Prison.
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a mother, Mrs Damilola Adeyeri and her son, Alaba Adeyeri, to three years in prison for defrauding an American to the tune of $82,570.
At the hearing on Tuesday, the prosecuting counsel for the EFCC, Bilikisu Buhari, told the court that the mother and son conspired with one Kareem Russel, who is still at large, to defraud the Chief Executive Officer of American Cranes Manufacturing Company. In the charge, the anti-graft agency explained that Mrs Adeyeri and her son carried out the fraud by “dishonestly representing themselves as the CEO of American Cranes Manufacturing Company and thereafter, sent an email fromThe EFCC through its counsel also told the court that the convicts acted contrary to sections 27 and 23 of the Cybercrime Act, 2015 and were liable to be punished under Section 22 of the same Act.
He then sentenced them to three years’ imprisonment on each of the three counts but said the sentences would run concurrently.
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