Tag: Sextortion conviction Abuja

By Asiwaju Adekunle Saheed Justice C.N. Nwabulu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has convicted and sentenced a fake spiritualist, Solomon Odigie Moses, to one year imprisonment over a sextortion scheme targeting a foreign national. Moses was arraigned on a one count charge bordering on cheating and posing as a spiritualist, thereby defrauding and obtaining $1,100 from an Indian woman seeking spiritual healing. The convict, who was arrested in Ekpoma, Edo State, received and laundered the funds through his Zelle payment platform, with the naira equivalent paid into his local bank account. Investigations revealed that Moses deceived the victim into taking a naked spiritual bath, which he recorded without her permission, before blackmailing her into sending additional money to prevent the video’s release. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission established that the victim ultimately paid the sum to the suspect in an effort to stop him from making the recording public. Moses pleaded guilty to the charge, following which prosecution counsel urged the court to convict and sentence him accordingly, a request the judge granted alongside an order forfeiting the proceeds of crime to the victim through the EFCC.