A man who pretended to be a Nigeria military officer and defrauded people has been apprehended, charged to court and sentenced to four years in prison.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) arraigned Henry Mfon Asuquo before
the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa lbom
State, on a two-count charge of impersonation and cybercrime.
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The military impostor was arrested in January
2019 after one Itoro Tom reported that he
swapped her SIM card and fraudulently withdrew
N700,000 from her bank account.
“Investigation into the matter revealed that the
convict paraded himself as a military officer and
in that capacity, he was going about intimidating
and defrauding unsuspecting victims of their
hard-earned money, EFCC said.
Military uniforms, boots, and bulletproof jackets
were recovered from his apartment by the
anti-graft agency.
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The convict initially pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge upon arraignment in March 2020, but changed his plea to guilty during a hearing on March 5, 2021.
Justice Agatha Okeke found him guilty and sentenced him to four years imprisonment on each of the two counts, to run concurrently, without the option of fine.
The judge also ordered the convict to pay his victim a sum of N600,000 (Six Hundred Thousand Naira) as restitution before he could be released from prison. In addition, the court ordered the forfeiture of the items used in the commission of the crime, which was recovered from the convict at the point of arrest to the Federal Government.
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