Crime
Student arraigned for allegedly defrauding company of N900,000
Busayo Ayedun, a 24-year-old student at the Lagos State Polytechnic in Ikorodu, is on trial before a Yaba Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding a company, CD Care Limited of products and money totalling more than N900,000 in the state.
The defendant is charged with eight counts that include crime, fraud, deceit, pretence, stealing, forgery, and false representation as well as purposeful and unlawful conspiracy.
Inspector Godwin Oriabure, the police prosecutor, informed the court that the offence was perpetrated by the defendant between July 10, 2021, and October 31, 2021, near Adenike Street in the Fadeyi neighbourhood of the state.
The charges read in part, “That you, Busayo Ayedun, and others at large, between July 10, 2021, and October 31, 2022, between 8 am to 6 pm at Adenike Street, Fadeyi, Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did deliberately and unlawfully conspired among yourselves to deceive and defraud CD Care Limited of goods valued at N911,709, 84.”
Oluwatobi Odukoya, a sales agent for the company who testified for the prosecution, described how the crime was perpetrated by saying that Ayedun ordered three items for N638,706,000 online on the days in question: a Samsung Galaxy A12, an iPhone 12 mini, and a Binatone standing fan.
According to Odukoya, Ayedun also asked for reimbursement for a payment she allegedly made to the business and received in the amount of N273,003,81.
He continued by saying that it was found that Ayedun had placed all of the orders under three distinct names: Wahab Adeyemo, Ayedun Ibiyemi, and Shoberu Michael.
After the company found out that it had been defrauded and that all the payments Ayedun claimed to have made with bank statements and payment receipts were false, Odukoya said she was contacted via phone calls and Whatsapp messages to come within the space of three months to clarify the misconception.
Odukoya said Ayedun did not show up, adding that the company reported to the police who arrested her and retrieved one of the phones.
In her defence, Ayedun said she paid some of the money using her roommate’s point-of-sale machine, adding that all the details were in the phone retrieved by the police.
The Chief Magistrate, O. A. Salawu, instructed the defendant to take payment records with dates from her roommate’s PoS machine and show them in court during the subsequent trial.
The case was adjourned until January 26, 2023, for cross-examination and continuation of trial.
Student arraigned for allegedly defrauding company of N900,000
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old trader, Darwang Chung, to nine months in prison for attempted theft.
Chung, who resides at Gyel in Jos South, pleaded guilty to the one count charge of attempted theft.
The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Bokkos, in his judgement, gave the convict an option of N30,000 fine, or to risk six months in prison and a compensation of N15,000 or another 3 months in prison in default.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Labaran Ahmed, told the court that the case was reported on Oct. 6, at the”B” Division Police Station by one Yohanna Dalyop, the complainant.
Ahmed said the convict jumped over the fence into the house of the complainant and was caught.
He said that the offence contravened the Plateau State Penal Code Law.
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Police, on Tuesday arraigned a defendant before a Federal High Court in Lagos, over alleged unlawful interception of digital infrastructure.
The defendant, Ayodeji Oyenekan, was charged before Justice A. Aluko, on a three-count charge bordering on cybercrime.
He, however. pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Mr M. Y. Bello, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in February 2022.
He, alleged that the defendant intentionally and without authorisation, intercepted digital infrastructure server hosted by Amazon Web Services, property of Meplaylist Classic Entertainment.
According to the prosecution, the defendant caused the said Meplaylist Classic Entertainment Ltd. loss of property, by altering Amazon Web services, which restricted the rightful owner access to its server.
He alleged that the defendant inputted his email address ayodeji.oye@meplaylist.com, and allegedly built a mobility startup called Hellobikee, for purposes of conferring economic benefits to himself.
The defendant was also alleged to have fraudulently made use of the electronic unique identification feature of Meplaylist, through his email, for purposes of conferring economic benefits to himself.
The offence contravenes the provisions of sections 12(1), 16(1), and 22(2)(a) of the Cybercrime ( Prohibition, Prevention) Act, 2015.
The court granted the defendant bail in the sum of N10 million with one surety in like sum.
The court held that the defendant shall remain in the correctional facility, pending perfection of all conditions of bail as spelt out by the court.
He adjourned the case until Jan. 21, 2025, for trial.
A security guard, Hamodu Shaibu, 25, on Tuesday, was brought before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N10 million cocoa beans.
The defendant, whose address was not provided, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.
The Prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offence sometime between March and Oct. 14, in Ilumoba-Ekiti.
Oriyomi alleged that Shaibu stole the cocoa beans valued at N10 million belonging to Mr Olubodun Arinde, a cocoa merchant.
The prosecutor said that the defendant, who was a security guard at the cocoa warehouse, had been tampering with the cocoa beans, until he was eventually caught.
According to him, the offence contravened Section 302(1) (a) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
He urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him study the file and assemble his witnesses.
Defence Counsel, Mr Ademola Richard, urged the court to grant the defendant bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abayomi Adeosun, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N1.5 million with two sureties in like sum.
He adjourned the case till Nov. 19 for hearing.
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