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Court Jails Fake Army Officer For Fraud In Uyo

Court Jails Fake Army Officer For Fraud In Uyo
  • PublishedMarch 25, 2021

A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, under Justice Agatha Okeke, on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 sentenced one Henry Mfon Asuquo, to eight years imprisonment.

Asuquo, a military impostor was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on a two-count charge of impersonation and cybercrime levied against him by the Uyo Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The case started on January 3, 2019, when operatives of the Commission arrested him at Ayara Street, Nungu Uko in Ibesikpo Local Government Area of the State following a petition by one Itoro Tom.

Tom alleged in her petition that Asuquo swapped her Subscriber Identification Module, SIM card, and fraudulently withdrew N700,000 (Seven Hundred Thousand Naira) from her account domiciled at a new generation bank.

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