Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Yusuf Bukar Gambo to one and half years imprisonment.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a Tuesday statement.
According to the statement, Gambo was convicted after he pleaded guilty to a four-count charge bordering on cheating and impersonation.
Gambo was said to have cloned the Facebook accounts of some American citizens and used their identities to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
One the counts reads, “That you, Yusuf Bukar Gambo, Nigerian sometime in 2022 at Kano within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to commit cheating fraudulently impersonate Alvie Gilliam, an American citizen by cloning her Facebook account, pretending to be her and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 321 of the Penal Code and punishable under section 324 of the same law”.
Gambo pleaded guilty to the four counts when they were read to him.
In view of his plea, counsel for the prosecution, Douglas I. Gift asked the court to convict him accordingly.
Counsel representing the defendant, A.M Yusuf pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing the convict.
Consequently, Justice Aboki convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on count one with option of N500, 000 fine.
On counts two to four, the convict was sentenced to four months imprisonment with option of N200, 000 fine on each count.