A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta has sentenced a graduating student of Computer Science in a tertiary institution in Ogun State to four months’ imprisonment over internet fraud.
Soyombo Omogbolahan Ridwan was found guilty of fraud in a one-count amended charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal office.
Justice Ibrahim Watilat handed down the jail term, yesterday, while delivering the judgement in Abeokuta.
The judge said the four months’ jail term takes effect from February 13, 2019 when he was arrested.
The court also ordered that the convict “shall forfeit and restitute a sum of USD $700 to James R. Dunford and Cara Melton, his victims” through the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He will also forfeit his Apple Macbook Air Laptop, One Iphone X Mobile Phone and one WiFi router to the Nigerian government.
The items, believed to be proceeds of his crime, were recovered from him during his arrest.
It was gathered that the verdict came at a time he was supposed to be mobilised for the mandatory one-year national youth service programme (NYSC).
The convict had settled for a plea bargain with the commission before the initial charges were reduced to one.
