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EFCC arraigns man, asks him to return N36.6m fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned Livinus Imoesi-Oshioke, an Internet fraudster,  before Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State, and has been sentenced to six months imprisonment.

Oshioke has been ordered to refund the sum of N36.6m which he fraudulently acquired from an unnamed victim from the United States of America.

The statement read in part, “Justice Umar convicted and sentenced Livinus Imoesi-Oshioke, alias Alexander Lutz, to six months imprisonment for Internet-related fraud.

“He was jailed on Thursday, May 26, 2022, after pleading guilty to three-count amended charges bordering on cybercrime, upon being arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC. He is also expected to refund the sum of N36.6m to his American victim.”

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