GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has been handed a 14-year sentence for internet fraud. The undergraduate, identified as Henry Nathaniel Ekanem, was convicted before the judge A. T. Mohammed during a federal high court sitting in Rivers state on Wednesday. Ekanem was arraigned by the Port Harcourt…
Two brothers from Nigeria who targeted a 17-year-old in a sextortion scam have been sentenced to 17 years and six months in jail in the US. The Ogoshi brothers, from Lagos, lured Jordan DeMay into sending them explicit images by pretending to be a girl his age – then blackmailed him. According to BBC, Jordan…
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 39 suspected internet fraudsters in Oyo State. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan, the state capital. The suspects were prosecuted by Justices O.S. Adeyemi, Bayo Taiwo and Ladiran Akintola, all of the…