The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Okoye Bethel Makuochukwu before Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna on one count of money laundering.
Bethel, an undergraduate, was arrested in Zaria, Kaduna State, by security personnel and handed over to the Commission for further investigation.
The investigation revealed that he assumed the identity of a foreigner, Violetqmartinez, and, in such character, defrauded unsuspecting victims by luring them into fake social relationships using mostly the social media app, Telegraph.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge. In view of his plea, prosecution counsel, K.S. Ogunlade, urged the court to convict the defendant.
Justice Aikawa convicted him and sentenced him to a fine of N1,000,000 or six years imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine.
He was also ordered to forfeit the Mercedes-Benz GLK 350 2013 model car to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
