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SCAMMERS ARRESTED AND JAILED! IT DOES HAPPEN!

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SCAMMERS ARRESTED AND JAILED! IT DOES HAPPEN!

Postby nmgolfer » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:24 pm

I posted this is reply to another thread, but thought I would post it separately. Maybe it will give some hope to some who think it never happens. This is a recent article from myjoyonline.com, a Ghanaian news source. It is self-explanatory.

I had, about a month before the arrests, forwarded some documents sent to me by the Mr. Mato a/k/a Mensa. It is good news, even though it is a very rare occurrence.

"Nine Nigerians were on Friday, February 29, 2008, sentenced to five years' imprisonment each for forgery.

The nine forged letter heads of various ministries and state institutions in the country.

They were found guilty of conspiracy and possessing forged documents.

They are Ibrahim Mato a.k.a Edward Mensah, Benson Nnadi, Budy Sampson, Raymond Popson, Ashanor Wright Waheed, and Adeotan Oluwafemi Adeniyi.

The rest are Abolade Oluwaseyi Toyosi and Ekpemadu Chukwu Andy.

They pleaded not guilty but the court after the trial found them guilty and convicted them accordingly.

Mato was additionally sentenced to 18 months for possessing forged passports.

Victor Okechukwu Okoye Ibueze, aka Chairman, who has been on the run, was convicted in absentia.

The court further ordered that computers and accessories used in committing the crime be confiscated to the State.

The convicts were found in possession of letter heads and certificates from the Ghana Police Service, National Security, Office of the President, Attorney General’s Department and Ministries of Defence, Interior, and Finance and Economic Planning.

Others were Narcotics Control Board, Auditor General, Bank of Ghana remittance certificates, SG-SSB certificate of remittance, Controller and Accountant General's Department Internal Revenue, and the International Commercial Bank.

Prosecuting, Deputy Superintendent of Police, George Abavelim told the court the complainant in the case was a French national, whilst the accused persons were all Nigerians who claimed to be businessmen.

They also claimed to have expertise in computer engineering and were resident at Achimota, Accra.

DSP Abavelim said Ibueze was the leader of the gang described as an advanced free fraud syndicate commonly known as “419â€Â

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