An internet fraudster Abass Aminu Abdulkareemjas been convicted and sentenced to community service by an Abuja High Court for defrauding an American of the sum of $270.
He was arraigned by the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on August 22, 2023 before Justice O. I. Adelaja of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Kubwa on a one count charge bordering on internet fraud.
Abass was accused of defrauding an American by pretending to be her cousin on Facebook and successfully obtained the sum of Two Hundred and Seventy United States Dollars ($270) from the unsuspecting victim.
The charge read, “that you, Abass Aminu Abdulkareem sometime in 2023 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory cheat by personation when you represented yourself on a Facebook profile page as Jeremiah Lincoln, a citizen of the United States of America and under that name obtained he sum of Two Hundred and Seventy United States Dollars ($270) from Amanda, a cousin to Jeremiah Lincoln and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law (Laws of the Federation, Abuja) 1990 and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law”.
After the charge was read, the defendant pleaded guilty to commiting the crime. Upon his plea, Justice Adelaja convicted and sentenced Abdulkareem to community service to be supervised by the Nigerian Correctional Service’s Officers.
His iPhones 12 Pro and XR were also ordered to be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
