Internet Gangster- First-Class University Graduate Jailed For N1.92m Internet Fraud
According to a report, A graduate of Lead City University, Ibadan,who passed out with 1st-class honors has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment after pleading guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences. Olakunle Akanni was sentenced yesterday Nov. 4th at the Ikeja High Court in Lagos for defrauding a 77 year-old American woman, Diana Huizenga, of over 12,000 dollars through an internet love scam.One of his accomplices, Adesina Akinsola,30, was also given a similar sentence by the judge but adjourned the sentencing oftheir co-accused, 30-year-old Dele Oshuntogun, till Nov. 17. There are reports that the convicts entered a plea bargain with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Lawal-Akapo consequently sentenced them to one year imprisonment on each ofthe counts. He said the sentences were to run concurrently beginning from the day the judgment was delivered. “The first defendant, Olakunle Akanni, is to pay the sum of N2 mil