Nigerian film actor Frederick Leonard has reacted to the arrest of a scammer who impersonated him and scammed a woman of N104m.
The imposter identified as Kelvin Aisosa Orhue was arrested by the EFCC and arraigned before the FCT High Court in Kuje. He is said to have duped a lady, called Cheryldene Cook of N104 million while using Frederick Lenoard’s identity.
The imposter has pleaded guilty and was also convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment with the option of paying a fine of N1,000,000 (one million Naira) only.
Sharing the news, Frederick took to his page and wrote:
“The Face of A CRIMINAL ! Another Frederick Leonard IMPERSONATOR Caught by the EFCC @officialefcc.
The Desperate women who indulge these Impostors on unverified Accounts (No Blue Tick) Then Get Scammed, Run to My Main Account to Rant Sh!t will turn a Blind Eye to this Post.These Desperate Ladies must have A Lot of Money to waste in this harsh Global Economy. You Transfer A Huge Amount of Money to Someone you have NEVER Met Physically and you Say your Brain is working right.. As For the Lazy Nigerian Youths who are IMPOSTORS, More Will be Caught. WE ARE ON IT!
Still on impersonation, WITHIN NIGERIA recalls a man was also sent to prison for impersonating popular Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninalowo aka Nino B.
On Friday, February 17, 2023, Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, convicted and sentenced the man, Omoghan Destiny Igbinosa, to prison on separate one count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence, just months after the actor cried out about it.
