Court Convicts Undergraduate for Internet Fraud

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission on Thursday, June 9, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Bello Ademola Toheeb to six months of community service.

Bello was brought before Justice Sherifat Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on one count charge for internet fraud.

The one count reads: “That you, Bello Ademola Toheeb “M” on or about 11th of February, 2022, at Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, did falsely represent yourself to be Joy New, which representation you knew to be false impersonation contrary to Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.”