Internet Fraudster, Hope Olusegun Aroke, Sentenced to 24yrs in Prison For His 25Million Scam

Hope Poses For EFCC With His g-wagon & Benz After His Arrest

 

Information coming from the EFCC is that popular Malaysia-based Yahoo Boy, Hope Olusegun Aroke has been sentenced to 24 years in jail for a N25million internet scam.

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 pretence; 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.

Trouble 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 N25Million. Aroke admitted sending the money to Nigeria through one Angela, who later helped him deposit it in a new generation bank.

Upon his arrest, exotic cars valued at N23,000,000 (Twenty-three million naira) were recovered from him.

This serves as a very good deterrent for especially the young not willing to work hard to achieve success, Hope has bagged a 24 year sentence for his N25M scam and it took just two years to wrap up his case,lets see how our Judges and EFCC would handle the Dasukigate thieves....