Bello Dominic Oizamisi, a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, will spend the next one year in jail for defrauding a buyer of N100 000 in a car scam.
A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Bello Dominic Oizamisi, has been handed a one-year jail term for organising a car scam on the internet.
Justice Sabiu Yahuza of the Federal High Court, Dutse, foundOizamisi guilty of defrauding a buyer of the sum of N100,000 naira and sentenced him.
The court heard that the accused had in January 2013 advertised a car for sale on the internet which one Abdul-Azeez Abdul-Rahman indicated he wanted to buy.
Oizamisi then negotiated with Abdul-Rahman and demanded the said sum which the latter paid through a new generation.
The buyer waited a while for his car to be delivered.
He then alerted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which investigated and arrested the scammer.
Oizamisi pleaded guilty and was handed the one year sentence with a N100,000 fine option.
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