The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Victory Dennis aka Lakeisha for impersonating a female Canadian, Lakeisha Andre, on Facebook.
The anti-graft agency in a statement issued Monday said its Kaduna Zonal Command detained Dennis at a NightClub in Barnawa, Kaduna State, following intelligence on his alleged online fraud-related activities.
Dennis was convicted before Justice A.A.Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court.
The agency noted that further investigations revealed how he impersonated and represented himself as a perfumer on the social media sites WhatsApp and Facebook.
The charges read: “That you, Victory Dennis (aka Lakeidha Andre) “M ” sometime in 2022 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, impersonated one Lakeisha Andre, a female Canadian on Facebook and falsely presented yourself as a Marketer of perfume to Gleen Odell and other unsuspecting persons, which you knew to be false, and thereby committed impersonation, an offence contrary to Section 142 (1) of the Penal Code Law, 2017 of Kaduna State and punishable under the same law.”
Dennis was convicted and sentenced to one year in prison with an option of a N150,000 fine by Justice Isiaka.
