Court orders EFCC to teach internet fraudster merits, demerits of fraud

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A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Thursday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to educate a man,

Success was docked by the anti-graft agency for creating an Instagram account for the purpose of inducing unsuspecting people to deliver money to him.Justice Aliyu Shafa convicted him and ordered him to report at the Legal Department of the EFCC for one week from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

Earlier, the convict had pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, promising not to indulge in such act again.The Defence Counsel, Mr Chibuike Chima, in support of the allocutus by the convict, told the court that Success, who had no previous conviction record, was remorseful. “The convict is a young university drop out who could not complete his education as a result of paucity of fund.

Obasi-oko said that the convict created an Instagram account for the purpose of inducing people to deliver money or any goods to him.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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