Malaysian based yahoo boy was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment by Lagos high court for $25 million scam

The EFCC is reporting that a Malaysia-based Yahoo
Boy has been sentenced to 24 years in jail for a
N25 Million internet scam.

Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High
Court, sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced
an undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan
University, Malaysia: Hope Olusegun Aroke to
twenty-four years imprisonment for his involvement
in an internet scam that fetched him Four
Thousand riaait ( N25,000,000).

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 twelve 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 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). Aroke
admitted sending the money to Nigeria through one
Angela, who later helped him deposit its naira
equivalent, N25,000,00 (Twenty-five million Naira
only), in a new generation bank.

Upon his arrest, two exotic cars valued at
N23,000,000 (Twenty-three million naira) were
recovered from him.

Justice Okunnu ruled that the sentence should run
concurrently. Meanwhile, Aroke has two other
matters yet undecided before Justice B. Idris of
the Federal High Court Lagos.

While it is good that justice has been served and
we are by no means encouraging scams, the
disparity between sentences for financial crimes
by normal Nigerians versus politicians is very
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