The convicted man pleaded guilty to the crime.
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt on Wednesday sentenced a romance scammer to one year in prison for impersonation and possession of fraudulent documents.Economic and Financial Crimes CommissionThe anti-graft agency said Mr Uzoeto, also known as “William Parker”, was into “dating scam” and created 32 fake email accounts, which he uses in his “ignoble trade.”
According to the commission, Mr Uzoeto, a Nigerian, disguised himself as an American, William Parker, and used the email address [email protected] to send a photograph to an American woman, Jenni Reed, with the intent to gain advantage for himself. Mr Uzoeto, according to the anti-graft agency, pleaded “guilty” after the charge was read to him, prompting the prosecution counsel, Ben Ubi, to ask the court to sentence him accordingly.The defendant’s counsel, M.M. Suleiman, according to the statement, did not oppose the prosecution’s prayer but asked the court for leniency.
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