A first class honours graduate of Geography, from the University of Lagos, Lawal Adewale Nurudeem, wept uncontrollably yesterday, at the Ikeja High Court, as he was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for defrauding an Australian woman of over N8 million.

Adewale was alleged to have, in November, 2007, under the pretext of being a British national involved in a fatal accident, defrauded Rosalene Sunna, an Australian, who, because of his unfortunate fate, kindly opted to extend financial assistance to him via the internet.

According to the information on the charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Adewale posted a pathetic picture of a Briton involved in a motor accident in Nigeria on the internet, with the aim of soliciting financial assistance from any kind individual.

Kind-hearted 56-year-old Rosalene fell for the scam and initially sent some money to Adewale who was hale and hearty in Lagos. To further milk Rosalene, Adewale appealed for more assistance and she subsequently sent more money thinking she was helping someone in genuine need. Adewale’s fraudulent acts brought him opulence, making him to open fat accounts with several banks, acquired landed properties and a car.

Adewale’s cup was full when an official of the internet intelligence agency in Australia discovered the irregularities in the correspondence between him and Rosalene. The EFCC was duly notified via a petition and Adewale was picked up at Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, while he was about to pick up another package from his benefactor in a bank in Ikorodu.

On arrest, Adewale made a confessional statement acknowledging his fraudulent acts, but later pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned in court. He later entered into a plea bargain changing his plea to guilty as charged. He wept in the dock all through the court proceedings. After listening to Adewale’s lawyer, Mr. Omolaja’s emotion-laden plea for mercy, the presiding judge, justice Obadina, while condemning Adewale for choosing to follow the infamous path of internet scam, sentenced him to a 12-month jail term. The judge also instructed him to prostrate and apologise to his father who was present in court, for embarrassing him and soiling their family name.

http://thepmnews.com/2009/03/11/nigerian-jailed-for-defrauding-australian

painful

eyyyyyah poor yahoo boy, wasn't he xpecting to get caught someday. upon he left with a first class, couldn't he have put that degree to good use

anyway the rule of everyday for the thief one day for the owner just came into play

its actually 12 months for the owner and damaging reputation for the reaper

Well done for using your first class honours to steal, I guess he spent all the knowledge and years in university planning this. The judge was too lenient with him, he should have sentenced him to 5 years because people like this are the ones destroying the country , armed robber.

koko, you talk tru
i was dissapointed he got just 12 months
people like this are responsible for the sorry image our country has, greedy bastard!!!

With a first class, he shouldn't be in this mess.And to those of you talking about him tarnishing the "country's image", you need to rethink who's really the culprit.The one commiting petty frauds on foriegners or the one's embezzling billions on a daily basis?Hmmm?Give it a thought.

What you see is a result of what they see around them and that's corruption.Nigeria as a whole was built on fraud, is ruled by fraud,dominated by fraud and drowning in fraud.Some of you say 12 months was too lenient, what do you have to say about obasanjo who looted billions or trillions of dollars.The $16 billion dollars from the power sector alone is enough to set up wind mill plants to power at least the states in the south west.His daughter nko?Wetin una get to talk about am?Na small thief una get mouth to talk about.Yeye dey smell.

With his first class dude should have known better!

i support the guy.y shld a first class go into yahoo,if no b suffer.dem whites got enuf 2 spare so 'kini big deal'.

yoruba again. haba.

this aboki must be sick.

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yoruba again. haba.

@ Lamidi! Be like say dem pour TomaTo for your yanch abi! see dem go pour dry pepper for your eye soon!

Wetin Yoruba do you, ! I have noticed you on NL! everytime critizing yoruba ppL!

GUY Take Your Time ooo

its complicated,

Actually the sentence was very lenient. Something like 5-10 years imprisonment would give him enough time to reflect on his deeds, and serve as a deterrent to others who have this sort of nefarious occupation in mind.

Having said that this affair has already caused his dad much anguish and embarassment.

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The judge also instructed him to prostrate and apologise to his father who was present in court, for embarrassing him and soiling their family name.