The llorin zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has secured the conviction of one Kolawole Joshua, a 26-year-old forex trader, for Internet fraud.In a statement issued on Saturday, the anti-graft agency said the trio were arraigned before Mahmoud Abdulgafar, judge of the Kwara state high court in Ilorin.
The agency said the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective one-count charge when it was read to them.counsels; Muinat Bello and Isabel Adeniran, while reviewing the facts of the cases, narrated the circumstances that led to the arrest of the defendants,” the statement reads.“The counsels also tendered exhibits including phones, extrajudicial statements and money which they brought as restitution by the defendants, which were admitted in evidence.
According to the EFCC, the court also sentenced Isiak to six months imprisonment — which is to be suspended — and ordered that the iPhone 12 Promax used as an instrument of crime be forfeited to the federal government.Also, Orji was sentenced to six months imprisonment with an option of a fine of N150,000 while an iPhone 6 and the sum of $250 recovered from him were forfeited to the federal government.
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