N25m scam: Undergraduate bags 24yrs imprisonment

An undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, has bagged 24 years imprisonment for internet fraud that fetched him N25million.

The undergraduate, Hope Olusegun Aroke, was arraigned yesterday before Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja.

Investigations showed that he was involved in several romance scams that fetched him a total sum of 4,000 riaait, Malaysian currency.

Aroke admitted sending the money to Nigeria through one Angela, who later assisted him to deposit its naira equivalent, N25m in a new generation bank.

 According to the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, upon his arrest, two exotic cars valued at N23m were recovered from him.

Aroke, 25, was arraigned before Okunnu on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence; cheque cloning, wire transfer and forgery.

The court found him guilty of the two charges and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on each of the two counts.

Uwujaren said: “Troubles came for Aroke when an anonymous petitioner wrote to the EFCC alleging that the Aroke was involved in sundry fraudulent activities on the internet. The EFCC swung into action and investigated the internet dealings of Aroke.”

 

Justice Okunnu ruled that the sentence should run concurrently.

Meanwhile, Aroke has two other matters yet undecided before Justice B. Idris of the Federal High Court Lagos.