Court Jails Man For Internet Fraud.
Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has
convicted and sentenced one Daniel Walter Anga to prison for
internet fraud.
He was prosecuted by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-
count charge of impersonation and using false identities in Gmail
and Facebook for romance scam.
He pleaded “guilty” when the charge was read to him, following
which prosecution counsel, I. Agu, tendered some documents in
evidence and called a witness, ASE 1, Yahaya Yusuf Abbas, an
operative of EFCC who testified against him.
The documents tendered by the prosecution included: the
statement of the defendant, incriminating print outs from the
defendant’s mobile device and his iPhone 12.
Based on the evidence tendered and the testimonies of the
witness, Agu prayed the court to convict and sentence
accordingly, while defence counsel J. J. Simon asked the court to
temper justice with mercy, stating that the defendant was a first-
time offender and did not waste the time of the court.
Justice S.D Pam thereafter sentenced Anga to one year
imprisonment or a fine of Twenty Thousand Naira.
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