The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of an internet fraudster, Abubakar Uakam Adeshina, before Justice Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
The convict was arraigned on October 21, 2021, on a one-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent document containing false pretense.
The charge reads: “That you, ABUBAKAR UAKAM ADESINA (AKA GARRY NOAH) “M”‘ sometime in June 2021 in Lagos , within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, had in your possession fraudulent document/chart titled *Hi Garry” ,wherein you falsely and knowingly represented yourself as Garry to one Juliette in the document and committed an offence of possession of fraudulent document containing false pretense contrary to Sections 320 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”
He pleaded guilty to the charge.
Consequently, the prosecution counsel, Babatunde Sonoiki, reviewed the facts of the matter before the court.
Sonoiki told the court that the defendant was arrested by operatives of the EFCC sometime in June, 2021.
Sonoiki added that “upon his arrest, a laptop and an iPhone were recovered from him”.
“These devices were analysed and scam mails were printed from them, which the defendant also confessed to in his voluntary statement,” he further told the court.
Sonoiki tendered the documents before the court as exhibits to further prove the case of the prosecution, while asking that the defendant be convicted accordingly.
Justice Fadipe found him guilty of the offence and sentenced him to three months imprisonment and ten hours of community service.
The Judge also granted him an option of fine in the sum of N500, 000.00(Five Hundred Thousand) in lieu of his jail term.
The convict’s laptop and mobile device were forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.