THE GUARDIAN
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has convicted eight internet fraudsters for impersonation.
The fraudsters were apprehended and arraigned in court by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives from the Abuja Zonal Command.
EFCC said in a statement on Friday that the convicts were arraigned before Justices Chinyere Nwecheonu, A.A. Akobi, A.I. Kutigi, and V.S. Garba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday.
Five of the convicts: Emmanuel Ogochukwu, Ugochukwu Mathias, Aderele Adekunle, Abdullahi Adebola Ayinde, and Matthew Ushie Adie, were prosecuted before Justice Nwecheonwu of the FCT High Court, Kuje, on one-count charges each.
One of the convicts, Abdullahi Adebola Ayinde, was charged with impersonation conspiracy for posing to be an American actor, Tom Cruise.
EFCC said Ayinde obtained $80 from one Anne Line Bergh, alias Sarafina Carly, a Norwegian citizen, after opening an Instagram account with the username Tom Cruise.
While Matthew Ushie Adie was charged for posing to be a citizen of the United Kingdom (UK) on Facebook to defraud one Jeremy Justice Meir of ₦4,410,000 million.
The anti-graft agency also stated that Ogochukwu, posing as Kob Sook Dennis on Facebook, defrauded one Yen Tran, and he also pretended to be Arjun Sharma on Instagram, defrauding unsuspecting females of $400.
According to the charges, he pretended to be Finalisa, the daughter of Lee Bruce, a Hong Kong contractor, and obtained 3000 RMB…
