The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters, AbdulAfeez Oluyide Olaitan and Agbo Victor Ikechukwu, before Justices Yellim Bogoro and Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
They were arraigned on one-count separate charges of fraudulently impersonating foreign nationals.
One of the charges reads: “That you, ABDULAFEEZ OLUYIDE OLAITAN (AKA TERRY GRIFFIN), sometime in 2025, at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court, with intent to gain advantage for yourself, did fraudulently impersonated one “Terry Griffin”, a white male Asian from Japan, by holding yourself out as such to unsuspecting victims via a fraudulent profile on Facebook mobile application and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 22(2)(b) and punishable under Section 22(2)(iv) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015.”
They each pleaded “guilty” to their charges when they were read to them.
In view of their pleas, prosecution counsel, C.C.Okezie and B.M.Isah, tendered the defendants’ extrajudicial statements, fraudulent documents printed from their devices and the restitution made by Olaitan.
They were all admitted as exhibits by the court.
While Justice Bogoro convicted and sentenced Olaitan to one year imprisonment, with an option of fine in the sum of N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira), Justice Dipeolu sentenced Agbo to three months imprisonment, with an option of fine of N250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira).
The devices, the N300,000 restitution, and a Bitcoin wallet valued at $2,600 recovered from Olaitan were ordered forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The convicts were arrested for internet fraud. They were thereafter charged to court and jailed.
