Olamide Aina was part of a “scam” that charged a buyer £38,000 (€44,497/$49,656) for two printers.
The Evening Standard reported that Aina, from East Dulwich in London, UK, was “motivated by greed” and helped to “scam a victim in Morocco” for “nearly £38,000 for two printers”, with the 34-year-old found guilty and sentenced in a London court. The printers were part of an internet scam on a “fake website”, and victims never received the goods they had paid for.
Detectives had “traced the bank records” to Aina’s account where £40,000 (€46,839/$52,270) had been “siphoned” into it, after which she was arrested. She was sentenced to two years in prison, which was suspended for two years, and has to do 200 hours of “unpaid work”. Police do not know who the scam organisers are, and Detective Constable Michael Esangbedo of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said that “the investigation was complicated as Aina tried to hide the money trail.
“It was a well-planned and complicated scam. Aina was no doubt motivated by greed and has never shown any remorse for her actions”.