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Olanrewaju Temitope was on Wednesday sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Kaduna State High Court for allegedly engaging in internet fraud.

Temitope was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna State Command and brought before justice A.A Bello on a one count charge bordering on cybercrime.

Investigations revealed that sometimes between January, 2022 to July, 2022 in Kaduna, Temitope dishonestly induced one Elexis McCrills on Instagram, to deliver to him the sum of 400 USD (Four Hundred U.S Dollars) when he portrayed himself to be Lisa Marie Boothe, a female and he thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the Same Law.

He pleaded guilty and the prosecuting counsel, P.C Onyeneho urged the court to convict the defendant accordingly.

Justice Bello convicted and sentenced the defendant to years years imprisonment or pay a fine of One Hundred Thousand Naira. In addition, he is to forfeit his Infinix Zero X cell phone with IMEI number 351240990699206, and 3512400990699214, which was used to commit the crime, to the Federal Government Nigeria.

Temitope was arrested in a sting operation at his hideout located on Joel Bala Street, Gbagyi Villa, Kaduna. Further checks revealed that he operated a fake Facebook and Instagram account where he assumed the identities of one Lisa Marie to defraud unsuspecting victims, mostly American residents, of their hard earned money.