CORPS MEMBER CONVICTED FOR $150 FRAUD

 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 to wit:[email protected] 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″.

Penpushing further reports that a statement by the anti-graft agency spokesman, Wilson Uwarejen said, when the charge was read to the convict, he pleaded guilty, and the prosecution counsel E.V Dalyop consequently urged the court to convict him as charged.

However, the defendant’s counsel E.O Isiwu pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as his client was a first time offender who was remorseful and willing to make restitution for all his actions.

Penpushing also reports that Justice Buba convicted Orie and sentenced him to one month imprisonment starting from the date of his arrest, and he is also to forfeit the sum of $150 and his Techno Camon M phone.