A radiographer and self-styled bitcoin and investment guru, Sunday Ariyo Anyanfelowa, has been convicted for defrauding his victim the sum of N930, 000.
The offence is contrary to Section 1 (1) and punishable under Section 1(3) all of Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
The defendant who was arraigned on November 24, 2018, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine by Justice B. L. Iliya of the Gombe State High Court on Tuesday January 4, 2022.
Anyanfeoluwa’s travail began sometimes in 2017 when he falsely represented himself in a WhatsApp Chat called “BIC Investment Giant”, to be a bitcoin expert and convinced the petitioner to part with the said sum for bitcoin investment with the promise of high returns on the investment to the victim’s e-wallet account.
However, investigation by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) revealed that the defendant withdrew the money sent to him from a Point of Sale vendor and diverted the proceeds to personal use.
The Alex Otti-led Abia State Government is set to sign a $200 million Memorandum of…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 147 Nigerian migrant returnees from Niamey in…
The Nigerian Navy has destroyed an illegal crude oil storage facility in the Bonny area…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on April 1, 2026, arraign former Jigawa…
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of a hotel…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, has sentenced two…
This website uses cookies.