The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of five internet fraudsters to two years imprisonment.
They were arraigned before Justice Yellin S. Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on a separate one-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents.
The convicts are Surajudeen Mujeeb, Aderibigbe Aliyu and Nurudeen Ayomide Kazeem.
The fraudsters were arrested following intelligence reports about the activities of a syndicate of internet fraudsters involved in computer-related fraud in different parts of Lagos State.
Upon their arraignment sometime, they pleaded guilty to the offence.
In view of their pleas, the prosecution counsel, K.E Uduak, reviewed the facts before the court, while praying that they be convicted as charged.
Justice Bogoro found them guilty and sentenced them accordingly.
The Judge also granted the convicts an option of a fine in the sum of Two Million Naira (N2, 000, 000. 00) each, and also ordered that all items recovered from them be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
In a related development, Justice Tijani G. Ringim convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters Hassan Mubarak and Joshua Eroguaye.
While Hassan Mubarak was sentenced to one-year imprisonment with an option of a fine in the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000. 00), Joshua Eroguaye got a prison sentence of two months with community service.
The convicts were charged on a separate one-count charge bordering on possession of a fraudulent document. They pleaded guilty to the offence.
The prosecution counsel, Bilkisu Buhari Bala (Mrs.), therefore, reviewed the facts of the case and urged the court to find them guilty of the offence and sentence them accordingly.
