Abass Aminu Abdulkareem was sentenced to community service by a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kubwa for a $270 scam.
The defendant was brought before Justice O. I. Adelaja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with one count of alleged online fraud.
According to the anti-graft agency, Aminu acquired the money from Amanda, an American lady, by pretending to be her cousin on Facebook under the name Jeremiah Lincoln.
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When it announced the Yahoo boy’s conviction via its official Twitter account, the EFCC stated that the offense breached Section 321 of the Penal Code Law (Laws of the Federation, Abuja) 1990 and was fined under Section 324 of the same Law.
The charge read, “That you, Abass Aminu Abdulkareem sometime in 2023 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory cheated by personation when you represented yourself on a Facebook profile page as Jeremiah Lincoln, a citizen of the United States of America and under that name obtained the sum of Two Hundred and Seventy United States Dollars ($270) from Amanda, a cousin to Jeremiah Lincoln and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law (Laws of the Federation, Abuja) 1990 and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.”
The defendant pleaded guilty to the accusation. After hearing Abdulkareem’s plea, Justice Adelaja found him guilty and sentenced him to community service under the supervision of Nigerian Correctional Service officers.
The perpetrator also surrenders his iPhones 12 Pro and XR to the federal government.
