LAUTECH student gets 6 month Jail term over $1,200 USD love scam

A student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho (LAUTECH), Oluwatoyin Henry was on Monday sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Sherifat Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State over his involvement in internet scam.

The sentence followed his arraignment by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on one count of obtaining by false pretence.

The charge, according to a statement signed by the commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren 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 One Thousand Two Hundred United States of America Dollars (USD$1,200) from one 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, Oluwatoyin 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 (One Thousand Two Hundred United States of American Dollars) to his victim, and forfeit his iPhone 11, one Infinix Hot 5 and a Nokia phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria.