A Lagos-based Yahoo Yahoo boy, Temitope Alani Teslim, has been sent to prison.
The Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on January 22, 2019, secured his for Internet fraud.
In one of his scheming, he disguised as a white female, Hannah Ciar, to deceive his victim.
Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos convicted him for the offence bordering on possession of fraudulent documents.
Reports say he was arrested by officers of the Nigeria Army Corps of Military Police on May 16, 2018 around Ogba, Lagos and was subsequently handed over to the EFCC.
During investigation, he wrote three statements, in which he confessed that he was into dating scam.
He was re-arraigned today on an amended 22-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents.
The prosecuting counsel, Bilikisu Buhari, told the court that the defendant had entered a plea bargain with the EFCC.
After hearing the terms of agreement reached by the prosecution and defence, the trial judge convicted him accordingly, and sentenced him to one year and four months in prison.
