Impersonator of Facebook founder, 6 others jailed for defrauding members of the public
Justice Mahmud AbdulGafar of Kwara State High Court, yesterday, sentenced an impersonator of founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, a 21 year old Jatto Sheriff Umar, to six months imprisonment for defrauding unsuspecting victims via online relationship.
Also, Justice Oluyinka Abiodun of Kwara State High Court sentenced Adedoyin Olayinka and Yusuf Alameen Abiodun to 6 months jail term for defrauding unsuspecting members of the public through fake online deals.
According to a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Innocent Mbachie represented the commission in the cases before Justice Abdulgafar, while R.E Alao prosecuted for the commission in the cases before Justice Akinpelu.
EFCC also secured the conviction of five other persons who paraded themselves in the public as fake US military officers in order to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
They are Oguntoyibo Oluwatobi Damilola; Taiwo Kayode from Ekiti West LGA in Ekiti State, Adebayo Adeola Mark from Osi in Ekiti LGA of Kwara State, Adedoyin Olayinka from Ilesha West Local Government Area of Osun State and one Yusuf Alameen Abiodun from Igbo-Owu Area of Kwara State.
