Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna High Court on Wednesday sentenced one Gabriel Kingsley to eight months imprisonment for internet fraud.
He was sentenced after pleading guilty to allegation of fraud against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The Judge, however, gave Kingsley an option of N300,000 fine.
Khobo ordered that an iPhone 12 Pro max, iPhone X Pro max, iPhone 11 and one Samsung Galaxy, being proceeds of crime recovered from the convictm be forfeited to the Federal Government.
Earlier, the EFCC counsel, P. C. Onyeneho, told the court that the convict was arrested based on intelligence information received by the agency.
According to Onyeneho, sometime in January 2021, Kingsley fraudulently deceived an American, Damian Frank, of the sum of $2,000 by posing as a female.
He said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 321 of the Penal Code.