Photo Of Internet Fraudster Who Was Sentenced One-Year Jail Term In Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Command has successfully secured the conviction of one Christopher Simon.

The EFCC obtained a conviction on a one-count charge bordering on fraudulent impersonation against Christopher Simon by Justice N.E Maha of the Federal High Court in the Maitama area of Abuja. 

This legal victory was achieved before Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja. Simon was found guilty of engaging in fraudulent impersonation.

This was made known in a post on the angency's X handle on Wednesday. 

The charge reads, "That you Christopher Simon, sometime in 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Court fraudulently impersonated Channing Tatum, a  famous American actor, when you created an email account with his name with his name, used his photo as your profile picture and made use of the username ‘Channing Tatum’ while chatting with one ‘Mihaela’ and one  ‘Bunnybear’ on the networking platform, Google Hangouts with intent to gain monetary advantage for yourself, and you thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 22 (3) (a) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition,  Prevention, etc)Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (4) of the same Act”.

Simon, who pleaded guilty to the charges, was sentenced to one-year imprisonment with an option of N200,000 fine by Justice Maha.