The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  has secured the conviction and sentence of an internet fraudster,  Raheem Akinyemi Damilare, to three months imprisonment before Justice  D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Damilare was arraigned on Thursday, August 7, 2025 on a one count charge bordering on cybercrime.

The charge reads: “That you, Raheem Akinyemi Damilare, sometime  in 2020 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, fraudulently held out yourself as Emily Olivia, a white female from the United States of America, with intent to gain advantage for yourself, which you knew or reasonably ought to have known to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 22 (2)b of the Cybercrimes ( Prohibition etc.) Act 2015.”

He pleaded “guilty” to the charge preferred against him.

Following his guilty plea,  prosecution counsel A.A.Usman, called on Onyekachi N. Okorokwo, an operative of the EFCC, to give a review of the facts.  Okoronkwo stated that “ During investigations, fraudulent documents and iPhone 6 were recovered from him,  he had benefited over $500 from his involvement in some fraudulent activities. He refunded the sum of ₦350,000 (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) through a manager’s cheque.”

Usman, thereafter, sought to tender in evidence the defendant’s extra judicial statement, the iPhone 6, the N350,000 managers cheque, and forensic investigation documents print out, which were all admitted as exhibits.

Consequently, Justice Dipeolu, convicted and sentenced the defendant to three months imprisonment, with an option of N1,000,000 (One Million Naira) fine.

The Judge also ordered that the iPhone 6 and the N350,000 be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The convict bagged his imprisonment when he was arrested by operatives of the EFCC.  He was charged to court and jailed.

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August 12, 2025