The court found him guilty of the two charges and sentenced him to twelve years imprisonment on each of the two counts.
Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos
State High Court, sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced an
undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, Hope
Olusegun Aroke, to twenty-four years imprisonment for his involvement in
an internet scam that fetched him Four Thousand riaait (N25,000,000).
Aroke, 25, was arraigned before Justice
Okunnu on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false
pretence; cheque cloning, wire transfer and forgery.
The court found him guilty of the two charges and was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment on each of the two counts.
Troubles came for Aroke when an
anonymous petitioner wrote to the EFCC alleging that the Kogi state-born
undergraduate was involved in sundry fraudulent activities on the
internet.
The EFCC swung into action and investigated the internet dealings of Aroke.
Investigations showed that he was
involved in several romance scams that fetched him a total sum of 4,000
riaait (Malaysian currency).
Aroke admitted sending the money to
Nigeria through one Angela, who later helped him deposit its naira
equivalent, N25, 000,00 (Twenty-five million Naira only), in a new
generation bank.
Upon his arrest, two exotic cars valued at N23,000,000 (Twenty-three million naira) were recovered from him.
Justice Okunnu ruled that the sentence should run concurrently.
Meanwhile, Aroke has two other matters yet undecided before Justice B. Idris of the Federal High Court Lagos.
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