Fashion designer jails in Ibadan for cybercrime
Segun Showunmi in Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Thursday secured the conviction of one Oyelakin Babatunde who was sentenced to four months of community service for cybercrime
Penpushing reports that, Head, Media and Publicity of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren said the Ibadan Zonal office of the commission arraigned the accused before the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital
The agency spokesman noted that the 32-year-old convict who claims to be a fashion designer was arrested in September last year for allegedly obtaining money by false pretense from unsuspecting foreigners through Amazon and iTunes gift cards as well as Western Union and MoneyGram money transfer.
“Oyelakin’s offence contravenes Section 421 of the Criminal Code cap 38, laws of Oyo State, 2000 and punishable under the same section, he pleaded guilty to the one count charge brought against him by the EFCC.”
Penpushing further reports that, Justice Omolara Adeyemi aside the jail term, also ordered the convict to restitute the sum of £950 to his victims and forfeit one Lexus Rs350, one silver Hp Laptop, one white Iphone 11, one golden iPhone wrist watch and one black Nokia phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
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