Tag: 19-year-old student sentenced to jail for scamming American woman

  In a verdict delivered on Thursday, the Gwagwalada Division of the FCT High Court sentenced Jayeola Goodnews, a 19-year-old student, to six months’ imprisonment for defrauding an American woman of $540. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had charged Mr. Goodnews with fraud, to which he pleaded guilty. Pleading for leniency, he received…