It has been reported that the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal
office, on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, has
arraigned a suspected Internet fraudster, Balogun
Sultan, before Justice Oloruntoyin Solebo of the
Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a
four-count charge bordering on possession of
fraudulent documents.
According to information on the EFCC website, the
defendant was said to present himself as Erika
Stiller, a female, to unsuspecting victims on the
Internet.
One of the counts reads: "That you, Balogun
Sultan (a.k.a Erika Stiller), on or about the 29th
November, 2017 at Lagos, within the Ikeja
Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, had in
your possession documents containing false
pretence titled "Picture from Erika" from Erika
Stiller by sending pictures to [email protected]
and printed from your e-mail box, [email
protected] , [email protected] ".
Another count reads: "That you, Balogun Sultan
(a.k.a Erika Stiller), on or about the 13th April,
2018 at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division,
with intent to defraud, had in your possession
documents containing false pretence titled "Grant
FMT" Re Money" from Erika Stiller by sending a
letter printed from your e-mail box, [email
protected] ".
He, however, pleaded not guilty when the charges
were read to him.
In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, C.R.
Edozie, asked the court for a trial date and prayed
the court to remand the defendant in prison
custody pending the determination of the case
before the court.
Counsel to the defendant, Babatunde Adeyemi,
prayed the court to admit his client to bail.
In his response, the prosecution counsel told the
court that though he had been served with the
bail application, he would need time to go
through it.
Consequently, Justice Solebo adjourned the
matter to February 5, 2019 for hearing of the bail
application and also remanded the defendant in
Kirikiri prison custody.
Source:
www.tori.ng/news/114948/photo-of-
nigerian-internet-fraudster-who-posed-as.html
