A Director of Logistics of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Chapter, Adeyemi Israel-Abiodun has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment for N195 million internet fraud.
The 200-level student of Economics and Development Studies was arrested by the operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on March 30, 2022, alongside 79 others in a sting operation at Sango area of Ibadan, Oyo State.
A statement on Wednesday by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said Mr Abiodun was convicted alongside 40 other suspects on separate one-count charges before four judges of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan.
According to the statement, Investigations revealed that, between July 2021 and March 2022, Abiodun benefited N195, 274, 331.00 as a cumulative heist from cyber-fraud involving forgery of over 25 US banks cheques.
He said their offences bordered on impersonation, obtaining money under false pretence, obtaining property by false pretence and forgery contrary to Sections 419, 467, 484, 516 and 508 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
