You would expect a convict to show remorse while posing for
crime profiling. Not for Michael Lawal who just bagged three months’ jail term
for internet fraud.
In his photo shared by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), Lawal looked happy as the commission paraded him — before he
was sentenced to jail for the crime.
He was convicted by the Oyo state high court on Monday after
being charged for obtaining money by false pretense.
The commission said he pleaded guilty to the charge during
his arraignment.
The charge read: “That you, Michael Tosin Lawal ‘M’
sometimes in the year 2020, in Ibadan Oyo State, within the jurisdiction of
this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained Gift Cards from one
Trevor, a white male by falsely representing to him that you are a white female
by the name Cyndy Tyler from the United States of America, which pretence you
knew to be false.”
M. A. Odegbola, the judge, ordered the convict to restitute
the sum of $50 to his victim through the EFCC and forfeit items recovered from
him to the federal government.
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— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) March 8, 2021
Justice M. A. Odegbola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on Monday, March 8, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Michael Tosin Lawal, an Uber driver, to three-months in prison. pic.twitter.com/NHvrwECPtL
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