Man sentenced to 235 years in prison for N525m fraud


 Agatha Okeke of the Uyo Federal Court found Scales Olatunji guilty and convicted. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) described him as "a notorious international fraudster". The convict received 235 years in prison for internet fraud and money laundering. Olatunji pleaded not guilty to 45 counts after the July 2019 indictment.One says: "That you, Scales Olatunji Ishola "M", Meraiyebu Charles "M" (fired), Gabriel Adeyemi Olugbenga "M" (fired), Ojomo Oluwatobi Ayodele "M" (fired) and Adekola Oluwatoyin "M" (general ), between January 2017 and October 2018 it converted N525.172.580". Theft of the funds that were part of the proceeds of illegal activities, namely: Fraud (compromise email compromise and identity theft) violated Section 18(a) of the United States Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act. 2011 (as amended 

) and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act. In addition, on or about May 15, 2018, Olatunji sent electronic messages (email) using emailoffice01@aol.com to a certain Monica Goulmoen of the Benevolent Association because she was visiting a soccer field for boys and girls  in Kobane. As Per Ravn Omdal,  former president of the Norwegian Football Association, he demanded and received €64,000.The offense negates the criminal offense under Section 22(3)(b) of the Cyber ​​Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act 2015 and is punishable under Section 22(4) of the same Act on all 45 counts charged against him by the EFCC became. The judge said the evidence provided by the prosecution witnesses was consistent and the prosecution had found their guilt. Prosecutors were also able to establish the crime of cybercrime related to counts six through forty-five 

. The judge sentenced Olatunji to seven years in prison on counts one to five and to five years in prison on counts six to forty-five.The penalty is counted from the date of arrest. The money in your account will be transferred to  affected Norwegian citizens via the EFCC. Olatunji's properties in Lekki: House No. 6, Road 2 West-end Estate in Ikota and House No. 10, Donatus Odum Street, Ikate will be sold and the proceeds returned to the victims.The EFCC launched an investigation after the convict was arrested at his residence in Ikota on March 20, 2019. The action followed a request from the Oslo Police District in Norway.

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