{"id":175105,"date":"2025-08-19T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-court-convicts-six-for-internet-fraud-orders-forfeiture-of-assets"},"modified":"2025-08-19T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:13:00","slug":"edo-court-convicts-six-for-internet-fraud-orders-forfeiture-of-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-court-convicts-six-for-internet-fraud-orders-forfeiture-of-assets","title":{"rendered":"Edo court convicts six for internet fraud, orders forfeiture of assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Justice M. Itsueli of the Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City, has convicted and sentenced six internet fraudsters brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p>The convicts \u2014 Idemudia Destiny, Osifo Destiny, Nomanidobo Favour, Dauda Ahmed, David Samuel, and Wisdom John \u2014 were arraigned on separate one-count charges bordering on impersonation, obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents, and retention of proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n<p>They all pleaded guilty to the charges. Prosecution counsel K.Y. Bello urged the court to convict and sentence them, while their defence counsel pleaded for leniency, citing remorse.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Itsueli sentenced each of them to two years imprisonment, with an option of a \u20a6200,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the court ordered the forfeiture of their phones, laptops, and funds in their bank accounts \u2014 identified as proceeds and tools of their crimes \u2014 to the federal government. The convicts also signed undertakings to be of good behaviour going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Their arrest and prosecution by the EFCC\u2019s Benin Zonal Directorate followed credible intelligence that uncovered their fraudulent online activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Justice M. Itsueli of the Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City, has convicted and sentenced six internet fraudsters brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The convicts \u2014 Idemudia Destiny, Osifo Destiny, Nomanidobo Favour, Dauda Ahmed, David Samuel, and Wisdom John \u2014 were arraigned on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[69,443,254],"class_list":["post-175105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-court","tag-edo","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Edo court convicts six for internet fraud, orders forfeiture of assets - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justice M. 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