How Malaysia Yahoo Big Boy was Sentenced to 24 years Imprisonment

Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja convicted and sentenced Aroke who is an undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, to 24 years imprisonment for his involvement in the Internet scam that fetched him N25,000,000.

Olusegun Aroke, who is just 25yrs old, was arraigned before Justice Okunnu on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense; cheque cloning, wire transfer and forgery. The court found him guilty of the two charges and was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment on each of the two counts.

Troubles came for Aroke when an anonymous petitioner wrote to the EFCC alleging that the Kogi state-born undergraduate was involved in sundry fraudulent activities on the Internet. The EFCC swung into action and investigated the Internet dealings of Aroke.

Investigations showed that he was involved in several romance scam that fetched him a total sum of 4,000 Riaait (Malaysian currency). Aroke admitted sending the money to Nigeria through one Angela, who later helped him deposit its Naira equivalent, N25,000,00 in a new generation bank.

Exotic cars worth 23million naira was found in his custody upon house arrest.