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Mother, son jailed three years for $82,570 internet fraud

    To see more photos click here Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday convicted Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and his mother, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, on a four-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of $82,570, preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). The convicts, according to the EFCC acting spokesperson, Tony Orilade, were arrested following a petition from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against Damilola Adeyeri and others now at large on an alleged case of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence, money laundering and computer-related fraud. Armed with the petition, the EFCC operatives swung into action and upon investigations found out that his mother was an accomplice in the crime. Idi Musa, an investigator with the EFCC, while being led in evidence, narrated to the court that sometime in April 2019, the commission received a petition from the...