A Nigerian student schooling at Cairo University, Egypt, Rilwan Adedigba, has been sentenced to 30 months in jail for defrauding an American lady, Zen Cariboso, of $1,100.
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The 26-year-old undergraduate was said to have lied to the white lady that he was one Murphy Paul, a white American living in Nigeria, who was in love with her and used the love scam to obtain the stolen sum from the American.
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Adedigba pleaded guilty to all the counts and entered a plea bargain with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who arrested him.
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Justice Kudirat Jose of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja delivered the judgement and ordered the accused to forfeit to the Federal Government a car he had acquired with the proceeds of the illegal venture and also to make restitution to the victim by refunding the stolen $1,100.
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Justice Jose said the crime violated Sections 390 and 318 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.