Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Internet Scam: Court Jails Fake Marketer Six Months

Justice M. I Sanni of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Joseph Ojo Balogun (a.k.a Robert Alu) and Balogun Abayomi to six months imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretence in some fraudulent online marketing deals. Balogun was arraigned by the Port Harcourt's Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in 2017 on two - count charges, bordering on obtaining money under false pretence contrary to section 1(i)(a) of Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(…