Final year Student of a Private University sentenced to 13 years Imprisonment for Money Laundering

Final year Student of a Private University sentenced to 13 years Imprisonment for Money Laundering

A final year student of Business Administration in a private university located in Ondo State, Fisayo Adetoro, was on Thursday, January 23, 2020, found guilty of impersonation, forgery and money laundering and sentenced to cumulative 13 years in prison and N1,000,000 (One Million Naira) fine.

Final year student of a private university sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for money laundering

A statement from EFCC says Adetoro, who was said to be a first-class candidate on 4.5 Cumulative Grade Point Aggregate (CGPA), was convicted by Justice Folashade Olubanjo of the Federal High Court 1, Akure, in a criminal case filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office.

He was originally arraigned on January 18, 2017, on a six-count charge, but pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

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The allegations, according to the charge sheet, including falsely representing himself to be Bawa Mohammed Sanni to defraud his victims to the tune of thousands of United States Dollars.

He was also accused of using the fake name to register for a Nigerian Driver’s Licence bearing his photograph, as well as laundering sums running to millions of naira.

The jail terms are to run concurrently. Justice Olubanjo, however, considered the convict for a suspended sentence of six months of community service.

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