By Paul
On Thursday, October 20, 2022, Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin sentenced one Fapohunda Paul Olasunkanmi, a laundry man from Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, to three years in jail for online fraud-related offenses.
Fapohunda, 23, was arrested in Ado-Ekiti by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ilorin Zonal Command on April 26, 2022, with one iPhone 6, MacBook Apple Air Laptop, and Mercedes CLA 250, and was discovered to be engaged in a dating scam, posing as a white man named Ethan Jones from America to defraud unsuspecting victims.
He also created fake email addresses for other illicit activities such as picker using bitcoins, cashapp, and gift cards.
Between August 2021 and April 2022, the convict was found in possession of N92 million thought to be the profits of criminal activity.
He pled guilty to a single count of the charge.
