Internet Fraud: Brothers Get Jail Term
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced two brothers, to five years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretences.
The judge rely on Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act to convict the brothers.
The brothers, Otojareri Lucky and Otojareri Mayor were arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining the sum of $788 under false pretences.
EFCC’s investigation showed that Lucky and Mayor belonged to a syndicate of fraudsters who specialized in luring their victims into all kinds of phoney deals in order to defraud them of their money.
They both pleaded guilty to the one-count charge preferred against them by the EFCC.
Justice Omotosho however gave them an option of fine of one hundred thousand naira or they served the sentence concurrently.
Lucky and Mayor bagged prison terms by fraudulently representing themselves as staff of Norton Finance, Springfield, United Kingdom to one John Carison, a United States citizen with a promise to assist him in getting loans from the company.
