Fake beauty promoter gets 10 years in prison for fraud in Kaduna
A pretend on-line beauty promoter, Ogunleye Samson Oluwasola, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for treason and acquiring by false pretence.
He was convicted and sentenced by Justice A. A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court after pleading responsible to a single cost bordering on dishonest and acquiring by false pretence, most popular towards him by the Kaduna Zonal command of the (*10*) Crimes Commission and Financial. (EFCC).
The single rely cost reads: “That you, Ogunleye Samson Oluwasola, sometime in March 2023 in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, fraudulently induced one Solomon Suzie to hand over to you the sum of N740,000.00 (seven hundred and forty thousand naira) for an online photography contest, a pretext which you knew to be false and therefore committed the crime of cheating contrary to Section 306 (a) and punishable under Section 307 of the Penal Code Act of Kaduna State, 2017.”
He pleaded responsible to the cost when it was learn to him. Based on his plea, the prosecution lawyer, M. Lawal, prayed the court docket to convict and sentence him accordingly.
Judge Isiaka later sentenced and sentenced Samson to 10 years in prison. He additionally confiscated two iPhones, 2011 mannequin Mercedes Benz E350, 2011 Toyota Camry XLE for the federal authorities. He additionally refunded the sum of N740,000.00 (seven hundred and forty thousand Naira solely) to 1 sufferer.
Oluwasola’s journey to the Correctional Center started when a petitioner, Solomon Suzzie, filed a petition with the EFCC, alleging that he got here throughout a beauty pageant publish on WhatsApp and expressed curiosity. She joined the group and took part, after which she was chosen as one of many contestants.
She always made funds for votes amounting to N740,000.00 to an account offered by the group administrator, with no winner introduced. She was requested to pay more cash and realizing the crime, she petitioned the EFCC.
The investigation additional revealed that the whole scheme, referred to as the “Online Photo Contest”, was designed by the suspect, the only real proprietor in 2020, to defraud cash from unsuspecting members of the general public.
Source: www.lindaikejisblog.com