Nigerian Man Who Impersonates American Doctor Jailed 2 Years For (Cybercrime)

Admin    June 14, 2020    NEWS   

       

   Nigerian Who Impersonates American Doctor Jailed 2 Years For Cybercrime.

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 Rapheal Onwugbolu has pleaded two years of jail term for cybercrime.{internet fraud}

The conviction followed his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, {EFCC} before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on two counts bordering on cybercrime.

      One of the charges reads according to EFCC reads: “That you, Raphael Ifedora Onwugbolu (a.k.a Jeffrey Hanks) sometime in 2006 at Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, fraudulently impersonated one Jeffrey Hanks, an American medical doctor based in South Africa, with intent to obtain property to wit: the sum of $5,000 (Five Thousand United States Dollars) from one Maria Sandas, an American resident, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(ii) of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same Act.”

He pleaded guilty to all the charges.

              Following his acceptance through  ‘guilty plea’, the prosecuting counsel, Olanrewaju Adeola, according to the EFCC informed the court of a plea bargain agreement entered with the defence team and urged the court to adopt same and sentence the defendant based on the terms of the agreement.


                                                      

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