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Justice E.G. Adekambi of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has jailed a man, Samuel Akove Adavize, for impersonating a popular auto dealer to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
In a Thursday statement, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said its Benin Zonal Directorate secured the conviction of Adavize on Wednesday, November 4.
Adavize was arraigned on a two-count charge of impersonation, obtaining by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.
According to the EFCC, he impersonated the identity and business name of Chidi Mike Anyanwu, Managing Director of Chidi Mike Cars, to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
Justice Adekambi convicted and sentenced the defendant to two years imprisonment.
Aside from the prison sentence, the court ordered the forfeiture of N400,000, being proceeds of crime, and an iPhone 12, being an instrument of crime, recovered from the convict, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The court further ordered that his Opay account and Sparkle MFB account be permanently closed.
