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Snapchat: Offender Bags 8 Months Sentence
..Techno Phone used toperpetrate the crime and $150 USD unlawful collected be forfeited to the Federal Government.
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25 November 2022
One James Daniel, Black American female have been sentenced to eight months imprisonment with option of fine of N200,000 over Snapchat on internet related fraud by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday
The case was presided over by Justice Mohammed Sani,
The judge ordered that one Techno Phone used to perpetrate the crime and $150 USD which he collected from the unlawful activities be forfeited to the Federal Government.
On the other hand, the judge sentenced Samuel to six months imprisonment with option of fine of N200,000.
The court ordered that one Gionee S10 Phone recovered from defendant at the point of arrest and $25 US Dollars that he benefited from the unlawful activities be also forfeited to the federal government.
The convicts, who were prosecuted separately on one count charge, pleaded guilty to their respective charges.
Report say the Counsel to the EFCC, Rashidat Alao, tendered the extra-judicial statements of the defendants, mobile phones and several fraudulent messages printed from their devices which was gotten through credible intelligence were admitted as evidence.
had earlier, told the court how credible intelligence led to
The defendants were arrested at Dekina and Olamaboro Local Government Areas of the Kogi.
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