Photo: 19 year old internet fraudster arraigned by EFCC

d the EFCC press statement below...
A 19-year-old suspected internet
fraudster Ojosipe Adebayo, has been
arraigned by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice
A.O Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court,
Ikeja on a two- count -charge bordering on
possession of a document containing false
pretences and forgery.
The defendant is allegedly a member of a
syndicate of internet fraudsters that
specialize in using fake cheques and scam
mails to defraud unsuspecting victims.
When the charges were read to the accused
person, he pleaded not guilty. One of the
charges read: “That you Ojosipe Adebayo
(a.k.a. "Marty Jason" and "Candice") on or
about the 8th day of May, 2014 at Lagos,
within the Ikeja Judicial Division had in your
possession a document in which you
represented yourself to be a single lady
called Candice from Trenton, New Jersey,
United States who helps the needy to
organise Charity concerts and also helps
the homeless to get funds for Motherless
Babies Homes which representations you
knew or ought to have known to be false
having regard to be circumstances of this
case”.
In view of the plea of the defendant, the
prosecution counsel, Ayokunle Fayanju
prayed the court for a trial date and also
for the defendant to be remanded in
prison custody. However, defence counsel,
Michael Asai asked for a short adjournment
in order to file an application for bail.
Justice Ipaye subsequently remanded the
defendant in Kirikiri Maximum Prison and
adjourned the matter to May 21, 2015, for
hearing of the bail application and
commencement of trial.