Corps member bags one-month imprisonment for $150 fraud

Corps member bags one-month imprisonment for $150 fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zone, on Monday, secured the conviction of one Samuel Orie, a serving NYSC member before Justice I.N Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu on one count of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence the sum of $150.

Orie (the Corps member) was arrested on August 23, 2019, based on intelligence regarding his fraudulent activities.

The charge against him reads, “that you SAMUEL ORIE( alias SCOTT GIBB) sometime in 2019 in Enugu within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, fraudulently presented yourself as Mr Scott Gibb, an American contractor travelling around the world and using your email address with the intent to obtain money from unsuspecting victims on the internet and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(3) (b) and punishable under Section 22(4) of the Cybercrimes(Prohibition, Prevention) Act 2015″.

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