impersonation

Popular microblogging platform, Twitter, has disclosed that it will permanently suspend impersonation accounts which do not clearly specify “parody”. The new Twitter boss, Elon Musk, made this known in a series of tweets on Monday.…

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former member of the House of Representative, Marcellinus Chukwumaeze Nzeribe, wanted. According to the anti-graft Agency, the 62-year old Nzeribe jumped the court bail granted…

Justice Muhammed Sani of Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced 24-year-old Taiwo Oluwapelumi Emmanuel from Ibadan, Oyo State, to six months’ imprisonment for a one-count charge bordering on impersonation. Emmanuel allegedly…

Family of an Israeli diamond magnate, ‘Leviev family’ is suing Simon Leviev, the subject of Netflix’s documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” for using the family’s name to scam several women of millions. Simon Leviev, whose real name is…

Three drug traffickers wearing uniforms of security agencies to escape scrutiny have been arrested by operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with over 427 kilograms of illicit drugs in Borno state and the Federal Capital…

A Federal High Court in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, has sentenced one Olugbenga Ogunrinde to 10 months in prison for impersonating Iga Swiatek, a popular tennis player from Poland. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had…

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of an internet fraudster, Jatto Sheriff Umar. The 21-year-old was specialised in posing as the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and…

Two suspected Internet fraudsters – Ukhuriegbe Irekpitan and Onyekwa Chinedum – have been arraigned for the alleged impersonation of Nigerian-British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua. The duo was arraigned on Monday by the Economic and…

A chief magistrates’ court in Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano State has remanded one Abubakar Muhammad who paraded himself as a personal assistant to an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Sabiu, aka Tunde. The suspect was also accused of…

A Nigerian man, Collins Samuel has been remanded in the custody of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for fraudulently obtaining $8,000 (N3m) COVID-19 benefit from Virginia in the United States. The suspect who was arraigned…

A 39-year-old Nigerian man based in Houston, Texas, Chinwendu Azuonwu, has appeared in court for impersonating award-winning superstar, Bruno Mars on Instagram and defrauding a woman of $100,000 (over N38 million) in a romance scam. The…

A 30-year-old man identified as Gambo Yakubu (pictured above) has been arrested for allegedly impersonating captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Ahmed Musa. Kano police spokesperson, DSP Haruna Abdullahi said the suspect forged a…

A 28-year-old man, Usman Muhammed, pictured above, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Kwara state High Court for posing as lady and using online sourced photos of naked women to swindle men. Muhammed was dragged before…