Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has jailed one Chimah Daniel Iweregbu for engaging in internet fraud.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren.
The conviction comes three days after Lagos Zonal Office of the commission arraigned Iweregbu, following his arrest on August 12 for involving in an online romance scam.
Prior to his arrest, the convict is said to have been on the wanted list of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
“The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, December 4, 2020, secured the conviction of one Chimah Daniel Iweregbu, who is on the wanted list of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, for engaging in internet fraud before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos,” the statement partly read.
“He was arraigned on December 4, 2020, following his arrest by operatives of the EFCC on August 12, 2020, for his involvement in an online romance scam.”