The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, August 21, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of the duo of Asimiyu Oluwaponmile Olatunji and Hassan Makinde for internet fraud before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
They are among the 93 suspected fraudsters arrested during a sting operation on Sunday, August 10, 2025 at a hotel within the precincts of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The suspects were arraigned on Thursday on one-count separate charges bordering on impersonation, identity and internet fraud.
One of the charges reads: “That you, ASIMIYU OLUWAPONMILE OLATUNJI (male) sometime in August, 2025, at Lagos, within the Lagos jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, fraudulently opened a Facebook Account with the name Janet Milner, and ..READ FULL ARTICLE>>