In a landmark case, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a former convict to 12 years in prison for defrauding a US-based victim of $1.4 million.

The ex-convict, who had previously served time for an identical crime, used false information to gain the victim's trust and defraud her of a significant sum of money.

The judge presiding over the case said that the defendant's actions were "blatantly fraudulent and dishonest" and imposed a severe sentence to deter others from committing similar crimes.