The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of Philip Utyo, for engaging in internet fraud, also known as yahoo yahoo.
Utyo was arraigned before Justice Modupe Osho’ Adebiyi of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Gudu, on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrime.
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Following the review of the case of the prosecution, which was led by H. M. Mohammed, Justice Adebiyi on February 25, 2020, convicted him and sentenced to one year in prison with an option of N500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) as fine.
Counsel for the defence, David Amana, had pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, noting that the convict showed “great” remorse for his crime, having pleaded “guilty” to the charge, and had agreed to forfeit all proceeds of his crime, including sophisticated electronic gadgets to the Federal Government.
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