Undergraduate sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding American woman

A 26-year-old undergraduate of Cairo University, Egypt, Rilwan Adedigba, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding an American woman over the internet. He defrauded the woman, Zen Cariboso, of $1,100.

Delivering the judgement, Justice Kudirat Jose, of the Lagos state High Court in Ikeja, further made an order for the convict to make restitution to the victim by refunding the money.

Adedigba pleaded guilty to all five count charges of cyber fraud brought against him and entered a plea bargain with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Reviewing the facts of the case in court, the EFCC counsel, Mrs. Olubunmi Bosede, said Adedigba committed the offences on January 30 in Lagos.

According to the EFCC counsel, Mrs. Olubunmi Bosede, the convict had lied to the American that he was one Murphy Paul, a white American living in Nigeria, who was in love with her. He then used the love scam to obtain the money from the unsuspecting white lady.

Adedigba, who committed the crime on January 30, would run his sentence concurrently from June 8, when he was arrested.