Justice M.J. Zubairu of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, on Tuesday, convicted and jailed Muhammad Kabiru for fraud
The Commission disclosed this in a statement shared on its Facebook page on Tuesday.
According to the statement, Kabiru was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kaduna Zonal Directorate on a one-count charge that bordered on criminal impersonation.
The count charge read, “That you Muhammad Kabiru, (a.k.a Jennifer Aniston) sometime in July, 2025, in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, committed an offence to wit: falsely presented yourself as Jennifer Aniston (a citizen of United States of America) to several unsuspecting victims via ‘Telegram’ chat (an online social media application) in a bid to lure them into love scam, which pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 142(1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.”
The statement added that, Kabiru pleaded guilty to the charges, following which the prosecution counsel, M.U Gadaka urged the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
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Justice Zubairu convicted and sentenced him to two years imprisonment or to pay N200,000 fine.
In addition, he forfeited his iPhone 14 Pro to the federal government.
The EFCC noted that the suspect was arrested on Governor Road, Kaduna metropolis, following intelligence that linked him to fraudulent internet activities.