Court jails fake ‘American Sugar Mummy’, one other for Cybercrime in Kwara

Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has jailed a 24-year-old Francis Stephen Oke Eghele for parading himself as a female American to defraud unsuspecting victims.

Mr Eghele was convicted alongside one Adeniyi Adekunle Aliyu from Iworoko, Ado Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State on a two count charge over a similar offence.

The duo of Francis and Adeniyi were arraigned on separate charges by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday.

Mr Francis was accused by the EFCC of parading himself as a sugar mummy to swindle unsuspecting individuals.

The anti-graft agency also accused Mr Adeniyi of pretending to be a white female to defraud one Joe Maccreeary.

“That you, Adeniyi Adekunle Aliyu sometime in November 2022, in Ilorin, Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did cheat by personation when you pretended to be a white female named Jessica Joanne with email address, jessicaweaver9004@gmail.com which you used to communicate with one Joe Maccreeary and induced him to send you the sum of $200 via Google Play Gift cards and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 321 of the Penal Code Law and Punishable under section 324 of the same Law,” the charge brought against Mr Adeniyi by the anti-graft agency read.

In her ruling Justice Adenike Akinpelu the presiding judge sentenced them to six months imprisonment each on counts 1 and 2 with the option of fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira Only) on each count. The court also ordered that one Infinix phone, which the convict used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.

In the same vein, Adeniyi was sentenced to six months imprisonment with the option of N200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only). The court ordered that one Nokia phone, Hp laptop, and Infinix phone used to commit the crime and the sum of N200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only), which he benefited from the unlawful activities be forfeited to the Federal Government