Oyo Court Jails 29-Year-Old Internet Fraudster

Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court on Wednesday sentenced one Wright Shola John to one-year imprisonment for defrauding an American citizen, Erica Hegge, of the sum of $1,450.
The 29-year-old, who operated with pseudonym David Riger, was found guilty of a one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretense filed against him by the EFCC, Ibadan zonal office. The offense runs contrary to Section 419 of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

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