Nollywood actor, Freddie Leonard, has expressed his reaction after an internet fraudster was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for using his identity to scam people. The suspect, identified as Kelvin Aisosa Orhue, was caught and charged before the FCT High Court in Kuje after he duped a lady named Cheryldene Cook of N104 million using Freddie Leonard's identity.
During his trial before Justice Nwechonwu, Orhue pleaded guilty to the charge and was subsequently convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment with an option of paying a fine of N1, 000,000 (one million Naira) only.
Reacting to the arrest via his Instagram page, Freddie Leonard described women who fall for such scams as desperate. He wondered how people could transfer such a huge amount of money to someone they have never met physically.
“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!”
He wrote.