The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of two persons Adegbayi Tunde Yusuf and Emmanuel Ikenna Ogu for Impersonation, Fraud.
The commission made this known in a statement shared on its Twitter handle on Tuesday.
Justice A.Y. Shafa of the FCT High Court Gwagwalada-Abuja gave the verdict.
The charge reads, “that you, Adegbayi Tunde Yusuf sometime in 2023 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court committed the offence of cheating by personation when you pretended to be one Fillipo Marrazzo, an Italian citizen which you were not, created a fake Facebook account and benefitted the sum of $200 (Two Hundred United States Dollars) from your victim, Sonia Marina, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 and punishable under Section 324 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of the Federation, 2004.
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“That you Emmanuel Ikenna Ogu sometime in 2023 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory attempted to cheat by impersonation when you created a Snapchat profile with the name Jayden Fields, a soldier with the United States of America Army with the aim to commit an offence and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 95 of the Penal Code Law, Laws of the Federation, Abuja 1990 and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law”.
Justice Shafa found Yusuf guilty and sentenced him to one month in prison with an option of a N200,000 fine. His iPhone, which he used to commit the crime, was also ordered to be burnt on the court premises.
Ogu was convicted to two weeks in prison and a N200,000 fine. His iPhone will likewise be burned on the court grounds.