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Court jails Andrew Odokor over internet fraud in Benue

The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 1, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Odokor Andrew before Justice N. I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State on one count charge bordering on Internet fraud.

The charge reads: “That you, Odokor Andrew sometime in July 2022 in Makurdi, Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud sent electronic messages to one ERVIN, an unsuspected foreigner, that materially misrepresented facts which reliance was place upon and caused her a loss, thereby committed an offence, contrary to Section 14(2) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same Section of the Act”.

The defendant pleaded “guilty” to the charge.

Ben Idah

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