Jails Internet Fraudster in BeninJustice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Monday May 9, 20…

Jails Internet Fraudster in Benin

Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Monday May 9, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Sunday Peter Etim to two years imprisonment for fraud.

Etim was prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC for fraudulent impersonation.

Etim, alias (Steven Batt) sometime in 2021 in Benin City, Edo State with intent to defraud one Sadhna, an Indian, falsely represented himself to be one Steven Batt and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 484 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48 Laws of Bendel State of Nigeria (as applicable in Edo State) 1976. Upon arraignment, the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.

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