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Internet Fraudster Bags Two Years Imprisonment In Benin City

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January 27, 2022

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Thelma Ojetobor

Justice S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Omo-Ogbebor Uyioghosa to two years imprisonment on one count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence brought against him by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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Uyioghosa was said to have fraudulently impersonated the identity of Zhong Jiaming, a Chinese national, by sending his pictures to unsuspecting Chinese ladies through the internet with the intent to obtain money.

Upon arraignment the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.

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