One Hassan Adesegun Adewale, who was found guilty of internet fraud, had on Tuesday been sent to jail by the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division.

A Judge of the Court, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik had rejected an arrangement of plea negotiation set to get a “light” punishment for the convict.

Hassan, who was prosecuted on a one-count amended charge of fraudulent impersonation by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had engaged in the arrangement that proposed a six-month jail term as punishment for the crime.

Abdulmalik rather hit him with one year jail, conversely holding that the said punishment “was too light”, which would not serve the purpose of restraint for which it was meant.

According to the charge, on October 17, 2018, Adewale fraudulently masqueraded as one Jessy West Reade with the intent to gain advantage for himself from one Larry Obrien.

The offence was against the Section 22 (4) (a) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under section 22(4) of the same Act.

The court ordered him to return the sum of $1000 to his victim, through the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The culprit was also to forfeit one Iphone X-Max, Nokia 105 Phone, Hp Laptop to the Federal Government of Nigeria.