The Federal High Court sitting in Akure , the Ondo State capital, has sentenced one Fisayo Adetoro, to 13 years imprisonment for his involvement in Internet fraud.
Adetoro, said to be a varsity student, was found guilty of impersonation, forgery and money laundering by the court. The court sentenced him to cumulative 13 years imprisonment and a fine of N1m.
The allegations, according to the charge sheet, included falsely representing himself to be Bawa Sanni to defraud his victims to the tune of thousands of United States dollars. The EFCC, represented by Dr. Ben Ubi and Sanusi Galadanchi, called five witnesses, including two victims of the convict’s money laundering activities, to prove its case, while the accused called three witnesses.
The court sentenced him to two years imprisonment for falsification of documents and three years for altering official document . The court also sentenced him to five years imprisonment with a fine of N1m, for money laundering . The court ordered that the jail terms should run concurrently.
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