In a renewed efforts in combat in opposition to cybercrimes in Nigeria, the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has arrested no fewer than 34 fraudsters in Anambra State.
The convicts, together with Kelly Maduabuchi Muonagu, Nwokwu Chibuike Valerian, and Chinonso Stanley Boniface, confronted costs starting from fraudulent impersonation to acquiring by false pretenses.
On Monday, the web fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced by Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal Excessive Court docket in Awka, the State capital.
These people have been sentenced to numerous jail phrases for web fraud-related crimes.
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New Telegraph studies that the defendants have been arrested on October 11, 2024, in Onitsha, following investigations revealing their involvement in scamming unsuspecting international nationals by means of faux identities, together with posing as international transport brokers and romantic companions.
They pleaded not responsible however have been subsequently discovered responsible.
Justice Anyadike sentenced every convict to eight months of imprisonment with an choice of a N70,000 positive.
Contrarily, Valerian and Boniface have been within the different hand ordered to carry out two months of neighborhood service beneath court docket supervision.
The court docket additional instructed that gadgets recovered from the convicts be auctioned.
Proceeds from the auctioning nonetheless are to be directed to the Single Treasury Account of the Federation.
This crackdown on web fraud comes as a part of Nigeria’s ongoing efforts to fight cybercrime and shield susceptible people worldwide.
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