Court jails two Yahoo boys in Kwara

Date: 2019-12-08

Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar sitting at a Kwara State high court in Ilorin on Friday jailed two Internet fraudsters (popularly known as yahoo boys) for fraud.

The convicts, Okoro Raymond and Ogundowole Tosin, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment each for being found guilty on separate charges bordering on Internet fraud and other fraud related offences.

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission secured the conviction of duo.

The charge against Raymond read in part, "That you, Okoro Raymond, sometime between March and September 2019, within the judicial division of the Kwara State High Court, fraudulently induced some unsuspecting Nigerians vide your created WhatsApp platform, Winners Chapel Investment, with your phone number 09010197532 to deliver properties to you, to wit: money totalling N200,000, under the guise of investing and making double gains, thereby committing an offence contrary to section 321 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 324 of the same law."

The charge against Tosin read, That you, Ogundowole Tosin (aka Clarissa Doss) Sometime in October 2019 or thereabout at Ilorin, Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, attempted to commit an offence of cheating by pretending to be one Clarissa Doss, presenting yourself to be a white woman, a property agent who has property to lease at popular Castlegate, New Jersey, United States, to one Hillary Kurtz as it is contained in your Gmail account, thereby committing an offence contrary to section 95 and 321 of the Penal Code law and punishable under section 322 of the same law.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Akeem Olatunji     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Share-Tsaragi     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Saadu Alanamu     REO CAKES     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Valsolar Consultoria     Tafidan Kaiama     Yakubu Dogara     Saliu Mustapha     Lanre Badmus     Olabanji Orilonishe     NIPOGA     Makama     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Sunday Fagbemi     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Quareeb     Sabitiyu Grillo     Babs Iwarere     Rihanat Ajia     Olatunde Michaels     Adisa Logun     Read With Me     Nurudeen Mohammed     Amuda Bembe     Popo-Igbonna     Quarry Royal Valley     Bamidele Aluko     Firdaos Amasa     Share/Tsaragi     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Moremi High School     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Suleiman Ajadi     Lola Olabayo     Lithium     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Ghali Muhammed     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Hajj     AGILE Programme     Budo Egba     Rasaq Jimoh     Salihu S. Yaru     Oni Adebayo     Ilorin West     Lafiagi     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Shehu Adaramaja     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Fola Consultant     Yahaya Muhammad     Saliu Tunde Bello     Saidu Isa     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Salihu Ajia     Towoju     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Lawal Olohungbebe     Kuliyan Geri     Yunus Lawal     Kazeem Oladepo     Umar Adelodun     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Tunji Olawuyi     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     George Funsho Adebayo     Bola Magaji     Kumbi Titiloye     T And K FOODS     Kulende     James Kolo     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Quran     Tunji Olawuyi     IPSAS     Tunji Arosanyin     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Samari     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Offa Poly     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Shuaib Jawondo     S.O. Opowoye     Simeon Sule Ajibola     JAMB     Lanre Badmas     Belgore     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Wale Oladepo     Baakini     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Lotus Bank     Sarkin Malamai     Balogun Gambari     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     REO CAKES     BECE     Manzuma     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Oro Grammar School     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     AGM Professional Services     Turaki     Tuesday Assayomo     Folaranmi Aro     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Adamu Attah     SARS     Moro     NIPR     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Apaokagi     Edu     Atunwa     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Lanre Badmus     Kwha.gov.ng     Mamatu Abdullahi     Bello Bature     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     John Mayokun Dada     Kwara State Governor     Mohammed Haruna     Ramadan     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Haleeman Salman     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Lola Olabayo     Summit University     Aliyu Umar     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Alimi     Igosun     Bisi Kristien     Abubakar Lah     Shola Odetundun     Ilorin West     Ahman Patigi     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Saheed Alakoso     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Hassan Taiye Salam