The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Office, has secured the conviction of Oluwatoyin Henry, before Justice Sherifat Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on one count of obtaining by false pretence.
The charge reads:
“That you Oluwatoyin Henry, sometimes in 2019, at Ogbomosho, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of USD$1,200 from Betty Mosley, when you falsely represented to him that you are a citizen of United States of America by name Amanda, who is in love with him which representations you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence.”
The convict, who claimed to be a student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho pleaded guilty to the amended charge after a plea bargain agreement with the prosecution.
Based on his plea, he was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison.
He was also ordered to restitute the sum of $1,200 USD to his victim, and forfeit his iPhone 11, one Infinix Hot 5, and a Nokia phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
