– EFCC recovered two exotic cars valued N23 million from the convict
Hope Olusegun Aroke, an undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, has been convicted and sentenced by an Ikeja High Court to 24 years imprisonment over an internet scam involving N25 million.
The presiding judge, Justice Lateefa Okunnu found Aroke of the two-count charge of forgery and obtaining money under false pretence preferred against the convict by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The undergraduate was accused of obtaining money by false pretence from his victims via cloning of bank cheque, forgery and wire transfer.
Justice Okunnu after reviewing of the case, found him guilty of the count charges and sentenced him to twelve years imprisonment on each of the two counts.
An anonymous petitioner had written the EFCC about Aroke’s fraudulent activities which compelled the EFCC to commence investigation leading to his arrest and prosecution.
It was learnt that investigators discovered that Aroke was involved in several romance scam that fetched him a total sum of N4, 000 Ringgit (Malaysian currency).
The convict accepted to have send money to Nigeria through one Angela, who helps him to deposit its Naira equivalent of N25m into a new generation bank.
It also learnt that two exotic cars valued at N23 million were recovered from him upon arrest.
Justice Okunnu ruled that Aroke is guilty as charged and sentenced him to 12 years on each count, which will run concurrently.
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