Justice Mohammed L. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, sitting in
Kaduna has sentenced an undergraduate of the University of Ilorin,
Imonina Kingsley, 25, to 20 years imprisonment on a four count charge of
impersonation, possession of fraudulent documents and attempt to obtain
money by false pretences preferred against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
One of the four-count charge
for which he was sent to jail reads: “That you, Imonina Kingsley “M” on
or about 4th April 2008 at Ilorin, Kwara state within the jurisdiction
of the Federal High Court did obtain by false pretence the sum of one
Thousand US Dollars ($1000) from one Mr. Christopher De Troy through the
use of a scam letter via your mail box
thomasduke4luv@yahoo.comandthereby committed an offence contrary to
Section 8(a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud
and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006”.
Kingsley, who is to
spend five years on each of the four count charges gave his address as
at the time of his arrest as Rubby Hostel, Tipper Garage, Tanke Ilorin,
Kwara State.
He hails from Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta state.
The
suspect who was arrested on April 4, 2008, duringa special operation
code-named, Operation Cyber Storm1 at Wave Network Net Cyber Café
located along Pipeline Road, Tanke, Ilorin, Kwara State, used the false
identity of a Mr. Thomas Duke, a supposed gay from the United Kingdom
with the email address given as thomasduke4luv@yahoo.com to send
fraudulent mails with intent to defraud the unsuspecting victims.
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