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19-year-old boy jailed for web fraud after N21m was present in his checking account
A 19-year-old undergraduate, Oyedotun Adebowale has been sentenced to 2 years in jail for cyber fraud, by a Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Ilorin Zonal Command of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee which prosecuted Adebowale on one rely earlier than Justice Muhammed Sani, instructed the court docket that N21m was discovered within the checking account of the Kwara State Polytechnic undergraduate.
The EFCC stated;
“Investigations had earlier revealed that Oyedotun had below his possession over N21m suspected to be proceeds of illegal actions and a Toyota Camry, which he bought utilizing his mom’s identify.”
Counsel for the EFCC, Sesan Ola, reviewed the info of the case and tendered the extra-judicial statements of the defendant, iPhone 12 Promax, the important thing and particulars of a Toyota Camry recovered from him, and a draft of N350,000 which had been admitted in proof.
Adebowale who pleaded responsible after being arraigned, was sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment with an choice of N300,000 tremendous.
Justice Sani additionally ordered that every one gadgets recovered from him be forfeited to the Federal Authorities.
