Gbenro Adesina
Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state, yesterday sentenced one Omolafe Olakunle Banjo (aka Ronald Siegal), a student of Federal University of Agriculture, (FUNAB), Abeokuta and four others to different jail terms over cyber crime.
The other internet fraudsters sentenced alongside Banjo are: Ojuade Oluwafemi (aka Mary Reese); Ogundeji Bolaji Ibrahim (aka Allison Katte) and Oketunbi kayode Moses.
The fraudsters were arrested and arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command.
Having pleaded guilty to separate charges bordering on fraudulent impersonation with intent to defraud, Justice Agomoh convicted all five defendants and sentenced them as follows: Gbadeyinka, eight months imprisonment with an order to restitute his victim, one John Stones, the sum of $1,000.
He was ordered to forfeit one iPhone 12 mobile phone and one Toyota Camry car, being proceeds of crime to the Federal Government.
Omolafe was sentenced to seven months imprisonment. The court ordered him to pay his victim, one Jelema Kraus, the sum of $950 and the balance of the sum of N90, 155:30, domiciled in his bank account. He is to forfeit one Hp Laptop, one itel mobile phone and one Toyota Matrix car to the Federal government.
Ojuade bagged seven months imprisonment even as the court ordered that he restitute his victim, one Herbert Hacket, the total sum of $400 and forfeits one iPhone 6 mobile phone to the Federal Government.
Ogundeji and Oketunbi were sentenced to six and five months imprisonment each, and ordered to restitute their victims the sums of $425 and $1,400 respectively through the EFCC.
In addition, Ojuade is to forfeit one iPhone mobile phone to the Federal Government.
The court further order that the convicts are to undertake to be of good behaviour after serving their jail terms
