Two additional internet fraudsters, Oyedele Olamide and Abdulrahman Mohammed Olamide have been sent to jail in Ilorin for internet fraud offences.
The convicts were convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment having been found guilty by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court.
According to the charge sheet by the Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
“Abdulrahman Mohammed Olamide (alias Fox Tim) on or about the 28th day of September 2019, in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did cheat by impersonation, when you pretended to be Fox Tim and in that assumed character received a 50 dollars iTunes gift card through your email account [email protected] from one Brian Kelly, an American citizen, a representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary Section 321 of the Penal code and punishable under Section 324 of the same code.”
On Oyedele, the charge read,
“That you, Oyedele Olamide, (alias Kaithlyn Williams) between the months of April and December 2019, in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did attempt to cheat by impersonation when you represented yourself as a white female named Kaithlyn Williams to one Damir Hodzic via your email address [email protected] in order to induce him to send you money/gift card, a representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 95 of the Penal code and punishable under Section 324 of the same law.”
They both pleaded guilty to the separate charges brought against them during their arraignment.
In his judgement, Justice Oyinloye said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and convicted the defendants as charged.