The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal Command, has arraigned a, Audu Ishida, also known as Baddie Kylemilli, for alleged internet fraud.
Ishida faces charges of impersonation, retention of proceeds of crime, and money laundering before Justice Hauwa’u Buhari of the Federal High Court in Kaduna State.
The anti-graft agency announced the arraignment on its official X handle on Tuesday.
Ishida was apprehended alongside other members of an internet fraud ring in Jos, Plateau State, following an intelligence-driven raid by EFCC operatives.
Investigations revealed that Ishida created fake online video content and dating sites to defraud victims.
He obtained proceeds through gift cards, which he traded online using an FSS card app, converting them into Naira and depositing them into his bank accounts.
The charge against Ishida stated, “You, Audu Ishida (Baddie Kylemilli), on or about the 2nd of June, 2024, in Jos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, retained the total sum of $50 USD from your victim, which you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 20(a) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, and punishable under Section 20(b) of the same Act.”
Ishida pleaded “not guilty” to the charge. Prosecution counsel M.E. Eimonye requested a trial date and for Ishida to be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, which the defence counsel, Umar Usman, did not oppose.
Justice Buhari ordered Ishida’s remand in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Kaduna, and adjourned the case to November 7, 2024, for the commencement of the trial.
