Crime
Court Jails Fake Spiritualist For Fraud In Ilorin, Deceiving Women Seeking To Reconcile With Estranged Partners
The 23-year-old from Oyo State was convicted by the Kwara State High Court on January 15, 2025, following a prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ilori, Kwara State– Odeyemi Hammed Oluwaseun, has been sentenced to one year in prison for internet fraud.
The 23-year-old from Oyo State was convicted by the Kwara State High Court on January 15, 2025, following a prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Oluwaseun was found guilty on two counts of impersonation and obtaining money under false pretenses after defrauding victims by pretending to be an American-based female spiritualist.
In the statement released on Thursday, by the Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said Oluwaseun fraudulent claims involved helping women win back the affection of estranged partners.
Count one of the charges reads: “That you, Odeyemi Hammed Oluwaseun, sometime in December, 2023 in Ilorin, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Bose to send $3200.00 (Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars) worth of gift cards to you, with the impression that the same would be used to diabolically influence her ex-husband to return and marry her, while you pretended and represented yourself to be one Lord Hill, a female spiritualist with email account [email protected], and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 324 of the same Penal Code.”
Count two reads: “That you, Odeyemi Hammed Oluwaseun, between August, 2023 to September, 2023 in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Schneider Alina to send $4500.00 (Four Thousand, Five Hundred Dollar) worth of gift cards to you, with the impression that the same would be used to diabolically control her ex-boyfriend to return and marry her, while you represented yourself to be a female spiritualist with Instagram account _Visions_by_Tendo_12 and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 324 of the same Penal Code”
However, the suspect pleaded guilty to the charges when they were read to him, following which prosecution counsel, Sesan Ola reviewed the facts of the case, tendered the convict’s extra-judicial statements and evidence, including the sum of $1000 (One Thousand United States Dollars) recovered from him and prayed the court to convict and sentence him as charged.
Convinced that the prosecution has proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, Justice Abdulgafar sentenced Oluwaseun to six months suspended jail term on each of the counts, and ordered that the sum of $1000 (One Thousand United States Dollars), iPhone 15 and 2008 Toyota Camry car recovered from him be forfeited to the federal government.
