Hope Olusegun Aroke, an
undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, has bagged 24
years imprisonment for internet fraud that fetched him N25million.
Investigations showed that
he was involved in several romance scams that fetched him a total sum of 4,000
riaait, Malaysian currency.
Aroke admitted sending the
money to Nigeria through one Angela, who later assisted him to deposit its
naira equivalent, N25m in a new generation bank.
According to the EFCC
spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, upon his arrest, two exotic cars valued at N23m were
recovered from him.
Aroke, 25, was arraigned
before Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, on
a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence; cheque
cloning, wire transfer and forgery. The court found him guilty of the two
charges and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on each of the two counts.
Uwujaren said: 'Troubles
came for Aroke when an anonymous petitioner wrote to the EFCC alleging that the
Aroke was involved in sundry fraudulent activities on the internet. The EFCC
swung into action and investigated the internet dealings of Aroke.”
Justice Okunnu ruled that
the sentence should run concurrently.
Meanwhile, Aroke has two
other matters yet undecided before Justice B. Idris of the Federal High Court
Lagos.
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