An internet fraudster, Samuel Oteyowo, on Monday bagged 14-months-jail-term for defrauding an American of the sum of N19.6m.
Oteyowo claimed to be a graduate of Civil Engineering from a Nigerian university.
He was charged with one-count amended charge of criminal impersonation for defrauding Warren Doht of an amount totalling sum of N19,664,128.50 (Nineteen million, six hundred and sixty four thousand, one hundred and twenty eight naira, fifty kobo) via the internet.
Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State pronounced the 32-year-old, who claimed to be a university graduate guilty as charged.
The accused person was said to have committed a crime contrary to Section 22(2) (b) (ii) of the Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) of the same Act.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, however stated that the convict had, however, approached the Commission for a plea bargain agreement.
The plea bargain agreement, Wilson UwujarenHead, Media and Publicity, EFCC, said, “formed the basis for the amended charge with which he was arraigned and convicted on Monday.”
After pleading guilty to the amended charge, prosecution counsel, Murtala Usman, urged the court to convict him accordingly.
Apart from the jail term, the court also ordered Oteyowo to restitute the N19,664,128.50 to the victim of his crime.
