Flavour has expressed great satisfaction upon learning that a man had been sentenced to prison for impersonating him and defrauding an American woman of thousands of dollars.
The internet scammer, Courage Ikpaka, received a two-year prison sentence for posing as the singer and swindling an American woman named Yvette M. Thompson out of $53,000.
According to reports from LIB, Justice Dehinde Dipeolu convicted Ikpaka on Tuesday, September 3, after he admitted guilt to the two charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Prosecutor Suleiman Suleiman presented evidence against the defendant, with the assistance of EFCC investigator Azibagiri Dan Ekpar. During the proceedings, the witness testified that Ikpaka had impersonated Flavour by promising to arrange performances in the United States and collecting payments through his Bitcoin accounts.
Ekpar noted that the EFCC became aware of the fraudulent activities following a petition submitted by Eyitayo Tolulope Abiodun and others on behalf of the victim.
“We invited Flavour who honoured the invitation and claimed innocence of the allegations. Upon investigation, we discovered that one Ipaka Courage who lives in Benin City was the perpetrator.
“We invited the defendant, and he admitted in his statement that he impersonated Flavour by obtaining the sum of $53,000 from a woman who is a United States Citizen in 2021.
“He wired the funds through Bitcoin wallets and converted them in his Bank account where he received the value in Naira. The sum of N7.9m Naira was recovered from the defendant through Zenith and Access Bank manager’s cheques.”
As soon as the news of Courage’s imprisonment surfaced online, Flavour took to social media to share the update, expressing his satisfaction and stating that more fraudsters exploiting his name and that of other celebrities for internet scams would be apprehended one by one.
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