An undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia: Hope Olusegun Aroke, has been convicted and sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for his involvement in an internet scam that fetched him 4000 riaait (N25,000,000) by Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja
Aroke, 25, was arraigned before Justice Okunnu, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence; cheque cloning, wire transfer and forgery. The court found him guilty of the two charges and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on each of the two counts
Troubles came for Aroke when an anonymous petitioner wrote to the EFCC alleging that the Kogi State-born undergraduate was involved in sundry fraudulent activities on the internet. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) swung into action and investigated the internet dealings of Aroke.
Investigations showed that he was involved in several romance scam that fetched him a total sum of 4,000 riaait (Malaysian currency).
Justice Okunnu ruled that the sentence should run concurrently.