Ifeanyi Egbuwu (21 years old) has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for Internet fraud.

Egbuwu was taken into custody by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on August 2, 2022 while they were conducting a raid on some Internet fraudsters located at 42, Ola Williams Street, Kay Farm Estate, Iju, Lagos State.

The suspect claimed that he had just graduated from Oregun Senior High School, and nothing was recovered from him.

He did however grant the EFCC access his email address omohhenry79@gmail to which fraudulent documents were later recovered.

These documents were submitted as exhibits to Justice R.A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos.

Egbuwu also admitted to the anti-graft Commission that he had made N500,000 profit from his fraudulent activities. He added that he purchased an iPhone X with the money and used some for his father's funeral.

The judge convicted the defendant, who pleaded guilty on one count of possession of fraudulent documents, the judge said: "When asked under oath, the defendant admitted that he benefited N500,000 from his crime. He said that he used N230,000 out of the N500,000 to buy an iPhone X. He also said that he used the proceeds of his crime to buy clothes and for his father's burial. In criminal law, a defendant's guilty plea is tantamount to admission of guilt.

“Mr Ifeanyi Favour Egbuwu, I’ve listened to your compassionate plea for mercy. I’m shocked that at the age of 21, you will venture into fraudulent activities. You confessed that you spent over seven days in the commission’s custody. I’m sure that you must have learnt a lesson and do understand the impact of being in custody. It deprives you of your liberties.

“I see that you have expressed remorse and I’m persuaded by the submission of your counsel only to the extent that you are a first-time offender. But I will not allow you to keep any kobo from your criminal proceeds. It is for this reason that I sentence you to imprisonment for one-year with an option of fine in the sum of N300,000 to be paid at the registry of the High Court of Lagos State with 100 hours of community service at the Maximum Custodial Centre, Kirikiri.”

The judge added that his duty during the community service would include barbing of hair since he said he was an apprentice at a barbing salon before he ventured into fraud.

Wow hilarious