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An online scammer
popularly known as yahoo-yahoo boy, Fred Okeke based in Benin City, Edo State
has been jailed for 2 years on Monday after he was found guilty by Justice O.
Tokode of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin.
Okeke was arrested by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on March 24, 2016 on a three-count
charge bordering on internet fraud, false representation and possession of
fraudulent documents. He was found with incriminating documents and a laptop showing
how he used false identity in attempt to extort money from unsuspecting
victims.
One of the charge
reads, “That you Okeke Fred sometime in 2015 in Benin city, Edo State
within the jurisdiction of this honourable court had in your possession documents
containing a false representation to wit: fraudulent mails found in your
laptop, which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to
Section 6 of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act and
punishable under Section 1{3} of the said Act”.
Okeke pleaded guilty
to the three counts charge.
The presiding judge
also ordered that the laptop recovered from the convict be forfeited to the
federal government. Okeke’s journey to prison began when he was arrested by
operatives of the EFCC in August 2015 following intelligence report linking him
to a syndicate of internet fraudsters.
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