Radio Presenter Jailed For Scam

Signs of the end times, I must say!

A popular radio presenter in the Tamale metropolis was on Thursday, sentenced by a Tamale Circuit Court to 4 years imprisonment for duping a German man to the tune of $17,000.
The accused, Nuhu Abu Hassan aka Dj Maestro, met the victim, Hans Dieter Heirich, a member of the of the Federal Council of Germany on the internet and struck up a conversation and friend with him.
Hierich who told the accused of his intention to invest in the Northern sector sent him an amount of $17,000 to help him in acquiring a piece of land and putting up a house. This, the accused didn't do, but rather fed Hierich with false information and fake documents.
 Steven Zoure, a correspondent of the newspaper, Daily Guide, reported the issue as follows:
The accused and his victim met through the internet nine months ago and struck an acquaintance.
The German legislator later expressed interest in owning a house in Tamale and asked if his new-found friend could be of assistance, and the radio presenter obliged.
The German MP then asked Nuhu Abu Hassan to find out the quotations for him to wire the money for the purpose of building a befitting house for him, but the suspect took fake drawings and emailed to him.
The cash was subsequently sent and after some months, he sent the German MP pictures of a house that rather belonged to his neighbours.
Unknown to him, the German paid a surprise visit to Ghana and dashed to the North only to realise that he had been duped, since there was no house as claimed by the radio presenter.
A complaint was therefore lodged with the police leading to the presenter’s arrest.
In his caution statement, he admitted the offence but claimed his victim was a gay partner and the money was meant as compensation for their gay activities.
He tendered some nude pictures of himself to back his claim, disclosing that part of the money was used in purchasing a Nissan Almera for GH¢16,000 and pleaded with the police to give him time to refund the money.
He also admitted sending the MP the fake building plans and drawings all in a bid to defraud the German who had left the country and given a power of attorney to one Moses Azaare to ensure the prosecution of the case.

It's people like these that give the rest of us a bad reputation. Justice!

Story culled from Kasapafmonline.
 
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