Court Sentences Yahoo Boy Who Posed As American Pr#stitute To Defraud His Victims

A man identified as Emmanuel Adeyi has been arraigned before Justice I. Mohammed of the FCT High Court Gwagwalada-Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command on Thursday, November 3, 2022 on an internet-related fraud charge.

A statement released by the commission says the one count charge indicates that Emmanuel Adeyi committed the offence sometime in 2021 at Abuja when he “pretended to be a white woman named Sally, a pr#stitute who resides in the United States of America through your Reddit application, and under the assumed character obtained the sum of $600 (Six Hundred United States Dollars) from your victims, committed the offence of cheating by personation.”

The anti-graft agency says the offence is contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law (Cap. 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria) and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.

When the charge was read to the defendant, he pleaded guilty.

Consequently, Justice Mohammed convicted and sentenced Adeyi to community service for three months, in addition to a fine of N30,000 (Thirty Thousand Naira).

His iPhone 12 Pro Max is also to be forfeited to the Federal Government.