10 Boys Sentenced to Two Years Imprisonment for Internet Fraud in Edo

Ten internet scammers have each received sentences of two years in prison or a fine of N200,000.

According to reports, Justice Mary Itsueli of the Edo High Court in Benin City sentenced the prisoners to their jail terms.

The Benin office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned them on a separate one-count complaint that bordered on impersonation, acquiring by false pretense, advance fee fraud, retaining proceeds of crime, and possessing counterfeit papers.

The ten inmates are Amilegbe Saviour, Sunday Uanseoje, Sylvester Udu, Ani Chucks, Godspower Afolorunikon, Enoma Osasumwen, Samson Festus, Okoro Emmanuel, and Billwise Dikoru.

The prosecution attorney requested that the court condemn the defendants in accordance with their guilty pleas, according to the anti-graft agency’s X-page, which was originally Twitter.

The offenses violate Sections 6 and 8 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006, and they are penalized under Section 1(3) of the same Act, the prosecution’s attorneys, K. Y. Bello and Isa Agwai, had previously informed the court.

However, the defense attorney begged the court to balance justice with mercy, pointing out that the accused had expressed regret for what they had done.

The court’s ruling mandated that the convicted individuals give over their cell phones and laptops, which were used as instruments of their crime.

The court also mandated that they give the Federal Government the money that was discovered in each of their bank accounts as a result of their criminal activity.