The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gwagwalada-Abuja presided over by Justice A.Y. Shafa on Wednesday, ordered that the Samsung Note 10 mobile phone of a convict, one Canice Agabi used for the commission of crime be burnt within the premises of the Court.
The case was filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
According to a publication by the EFCC, Agabi, sometime in 2021 at Abuja presented himself as an American citizen and created an Instagram account with the username ‘Randy Sylvester’ and benefitted a total sum of $1,000 (One Thousand United States Dollars) from one Anne Fuscelaro, a United States citizen, whom he misled into believing that he was into Bitcoin Investment and that, she could earn good return on investment if she invested in his cryptocurrency company, Prime Cash Investment, a fact he knew was false.
The accused pleaded guilty to the offence, which is contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of the Federation (Abuja) 1990 and punishable under Section 324 of the same Act.
Following his guilty plea, Justice Shafa convicted and sentenced Agabi to three months imprisonment with an option of N200, 000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) fine. The convict, who had earlier returned $200 (Two Hundred United States Dollars) is to pay a further sum of N623, 000 (Six Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand Naira) in restitution to the Federation Account.
