A teenage internet fraudster identified as Victor Odeh has been nabbed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kaduna chapter.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Victor and four undergraduates of various tertiary institutions were convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment with the option of a N150,000 fine each by Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on a separate count bordering on internet fraud.
According to the EFCC, the boys were all arrested in a sting operation in Kaduna after an investigation showed how they created fictitious accounts on various social media platforms to defraud unsuspecting victims, mostly foreigners.
Victor Oche Odeh is alleged to have, “between January and July 2023 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, committed an offence, to wit: cheating by impersonation, and in such an attempt falsely presented yourself as one Christopher Anderson (a white man from Denver, Colorado, USA) to one Rhonda Evans on ‘Facebook’ (an online social media application) in order to cheat her, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law”.
