The Federal High Court and State High Court sitting in Kaduna have convicted and sentenced four persons, Anthony Chukwu, Madaki Ismail, Samson Aliyu, and Christopher Israel to various jail terms for internet fraud.
It was disclosed in a statement released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday.
According to the EFCC Kaduna Zonal Command, they were prosecuted on one-count separate charges, bordering on impersonation, obtaining by pretense, and money laundering.
The statement noted that the courts had decreed that the defendants had committed offences contrary to Section 18(2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention And Prohibition)2022 and Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same law.
Chukwu’s charge reads, “That you, Anthony Chukwu (a.k.a Carmelita Luna),…