Justice Babs Kwuemi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Adelanke Adesola, to 18-months imprisonment for impersonation.
Adesola, also known as Richard Lopez and Walker Fabian Gregory, was dragged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Crime Commission for internet fraud.
The convict, who claimed to be an accounting graduate of Ekiti State University, worked as a sales representative with a private company before his arrest.
On arraignment, he pleaded guilty to the one-count amended charge preferred against him.
Consequently, the presiding judge convicted and sentenced him to 18-months imprisonment.
Justice Kwuemi thereafter gave a consequential order that he restitutes to his victim, one Frida Thorsdottir, the sum of $1,500 through the EFCC.
He is also to forfeit one iPad and a Nokia phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria.