… Four Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in Lagos
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on February 2, 2022, refused the bail application filed by one Chinedu Omesu, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC for defrauding an aged Asian-American lady of about $475,000.
Operatives of the EFCC had arrested him on April 21, 2021 at James Court, Lekki, Lagos, following verified intelligence.
He was accused of posing as one Ryan Frederick, a 58-year-old United States of America citizen on a mission in Syria, using the guise to defraud his victims.
He was arraigned on August 6, 2021 on an 11-count charge bordering on possession of documents containing false pretence, forgery of documents, stealing, and obtaining under false pretence.
In a related development, the Lagos Command of the EFCC, on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of the quartet of Aregbesola Peters, Onah Paul, Jimoh Olanrewaju and Ibrahim Olatunji for their involvement in internet fraud. The convicted were arrested at the Lekki, Surulere, Obalende and Ikotun areas of Lagos, respectively.
While Peters and Paul who posed as an American woman to perpetrate dating and romance scam were arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, Olanrewaju and Olatunji were arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja.
