Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, has sentenced one Muhammed Kabir to six-month imprisonment without an option of fine.
Kabir incurred the wrath of court for presenting himself on a Gay website as a US citizen and used the fake profile to induce unsuspecting victims to confer benefits on him.
The convict, who was arrested and arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had realized $1,150 through internet scams, in which some gays in America have fallen victims.
EFCC, on Thursday, November 4, 2021 secured the conviction of Muhammed Kabir before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on a one count amended charge of cheating by impersonation.
He received the said monies through his bitpay application from where the same was converted to bitcoin and, later, into Naira.
The one count charge that sent him to imprisonment reads: “That you, Muhammed Kabir (aka Rebecca) on or about the 9th of September, 2021 at Barnawa, Kaduna State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court fraudulently impersonated one REBECCA (a white woman) via your Email Account, [email protected] and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 and punishable under Section 309 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017”.
The defendant, pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him.
The court also ordered him to forfeits to the Federal Government of Nigeria, an iPhone 12 and a Peugeot 307 car.
