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Fake Army officer bags 8 years imprisonment for fraud in Uyo - Edoman - 03-25-2021 Fake Army officer bags 8 years imprisonment for fraud in Uyo Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, March 24, sentenced one Henry Mfon Asuquo, a military impostor, to eight years imprisonment on a two-count charge of impersonation and cybercrime brought against him by the Uyo Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a statement released by EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, stated that Asuquo's journey to jail 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. Itoro had 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. Uwujaren said an 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. According to the EFCC spokesperson, a search executed in his apartment upon arrest led to the recovery of military uniforms, boots, and bulletproof jackets. Quote:''In the course of interrogation, he admitted to the crime and refunded the sum of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) to the petitioner (Tom). Delivering judgment in the case on Wednesday, March 24, the presiding judge, Justice Okeke, sentenced Asuquo to 4years imprisonment on each of the two counts preferred against him to run concurrently without the option of a 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 were recovered from the convict at the point of arrest to the Federal Government. |