An accused, Festus Ajayi, has been sentenced to one year jail term for engaging in internet fraud.
Ajayi was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on account of criminal impersonation.
He was reported to have been arrested in his hideout in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State in October, 2019 in a raid by the anti-graft EFCC.
Investigations by the Commission linked the accused person to several internet-related frauds.
He was initially arraigned on eight-count charges bordering on criminal impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence before the charges were amended to one.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges.
Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, ordered the convict to forfeits his uncompleted one-storey building located in Ado-Ekiti, a Toyota Corolla car and one gold-colour iPhone among other proceeds of the crime to the Federal Government.
He had earlier refunded the sum of N1.4million to the government through the EFCC.
