Kaduna court jails fake US military officer and another man
Justice AA Bello of the Kaduna State High Court on Thursday, November 30, 2023, convicted a fake US military officer, Zulaiman Haruna, and sentenced him to 2 years in jail.
He was jailed after pleading responsible to 1 depend of web fraud following his arraignment by the Kaduna Regional Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The indictment is for one depend: “You, Zulayman Haruna (aka Marie Guerrero), try and commit a criminal offense in Kaduna, inside the jurisdiction of this honorable court, between January and October 2023; In that try, he dedicated sure acts opposite to the mandate of the court.” The crime concerned falsely pretending to be Marie Guerrero, a white feminine military officer, on Facebook (a social media utility) in an effort to deceive the victims by pretending to be Greg and a number of different unsuspecting victims. That you’ve dedicated a criminal offense opposite to Article 2. Pursuant to Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code, 2017, punishable underneath Section 309 of the identical Act. ”
He pleaded responsible to the fees, following which prosecution lawyer EK Garba urged the court to convict him accordingly.
Judge Bello convicted Haruna and sentenced him to 2 years’ imprisonment or an non-obligatory high quality of NOK 150,000. He additionally confiscated the iPhone X, which was the instrument of his crime, to the Federal Government by means of the EFCC.
Similarly, Justice AA Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court sentenced Didam Jesse to 2 years in jail.
Jesse was interrogated by the Kaduna Regional Command of the EFCC and was jailed after pleading responsible to 1 depend of fraud by impersonation.
The fees are as follows. “You, Didam Jesse (often known as Endurance Prince David), someday in February 2023, in Kaduna inside the jurisdiction of this honorable court, dedicated fraud by impersonation by falsely claiming to be Endurance Prince David. “He dedicated the witty crime of defrauding one Naziru HB of the sum of N7,000 underneath such false id on Facebook (a web based social media platform), thereby violating the Kaduna State Penal Code of 2017. An Act that permits an individual to commit a criminal offense that violates Section 308 of the Act and is liable to be punished underneath Section 309 of the identical Act. “
He pleaded responsible to the fees, after which public prosecutor’s counsel M. Lawal urged the court to convict him accordingly.
Judge Isiaka discovered Jesse responsible and sentenced him to 2 years in jail, but additionally gave him the choice of a high quality of NOK 100,000. He additionally forfeited the instrument of the crime, a Techno Spark 8P, and proceeds of crime amounting to N7,000 to the Federal Government.
Source: dailypost.ng