A 28-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Adamu Shaibu, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment for internet fraud and the possession of fraudulent funds.
Shaibu, who was serving in Igara Local Government Area of Edo State, was arraigned before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, on a three-count charge, by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, October 17, 2022.
The corps member was accused of fraudulently obtaining $164 USD through cashapp between April and August 2021, in Lokoja amongst others.
He was convicted alongside four others: Olasupo Abdullateef Olawale, from Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State, Aguh Henry Chicherem from Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, one Ridwan Abiodun Abdulganiyu and Qozeem Shuaib from Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Shaibu was sentenced to three years imprisonment on each of the three counts brought against him with an option of 100 percent of what he benefited. The judge also ordered that he forfeits two mobile phones and a draft brought by him as restitution to the Federal Government.
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