A High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State on Tuesday sentenced two brothers, Seun and Abidemi Olaogun, and their friend, Ojor Alex, to four months in prison for internet fraud.
Justice M. Abdulgafar sentenced the Olaogun brothers and Alex after they pleaded guilty to internet fraud.
The sentence followed a plea bargain agreements entered by the convicts with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The EFCC Counsel, Nnaemeka Omewa, had earlier told the court that the convicts were arrested by the anti-graft commission in possession of several fake documents, two laptops and three iPhones.
Omewa said sometime in March, the convicts agreed among themselves to do an illegal act, to wit cheating by impersonation
He said: “They pretended to be one Ava Coles, a white Caucasians female, with a gmail account: ava.coles700@gmail.com
“They also pretended to be one Victoria Perkins, a white Caucasian female, with a gmail accoun:t victoriaperkins090@gmail.com
“And pretended to be one Rox Anneanne, a white Caucasian female, with a gmail account: roxanneanne147@gmail.com.”
The prosecutor said the convicts committed an offence contrary to sections 95 and 321 of the penal code law and punishable under section 324 of the same law.
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