19-Year-Old Jailed For Internet Fraud

• Kazeem Badmus

A 19-year-old teenager, Peterson Enoch, was on Thursday, sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Kaduna High Court over offences bordering on internet fraud.

OSUN DEFENDER gathered that the convict, a resident of Millennium City Kaduna, was dragged before the court by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

EFCC Counsel, P. C. Onyeneho had earlier told the court that Enoch was one of the suspects arrested at Malali in Kaduna, on August 25 following actionable intelligence about the activities of persons suspected to be into fraud.

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He added that, “Upon arrest, one iPhone 12 and Infinix S5 phone were recovered from Enoch and when the phone was analyzed, several fraudulent documents were printed from his emails.

“Checks on his profile revealed that Enoch had impersonated one Sandra James and swindled the complainant of $1000 using fictitious emails.”

The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.

In his judgement, Justice Dairus Khobo found the defendant guilty of the charge preferred against him.

The judge sentenced him to 12 months in a correctional centre, with an option of a fine of N100,000.

He also ordered the forfeiture of the iPhone 12 and Infinix S5 phone recovered from the convict at the time of arrest to the federal government, and to restitute $1000 to his victim, Kingsley Matthew.