Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Jails One for Internet Fraud in Kaduna

Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Musa Yakubu to jail for fraud. He was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge, bordering on impersonation and cybercrime. The charge reads: "That you, Musa Yakubu (a.k.a T.S Malofinha), Male, sometime in February, 2025 in Shiroro Minna, Niger State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, fraudulently impersonated one T.S Malofinha (a citizen of Carlifornia, United States of America) on Facebook (an online soci…