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Crown Uzama, a popular TikTok musician, and five other people were found guilty by Justice A.A. Isiaka of violating Sections 142 (1), 57, and 308 of the Kaduna Penal Code Law, 2017, as well as Section 309 of the same Law.
The convictions were obtained by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC.
Uzama (aka Shalli Popi and Miller Maxwell) was convicted alongside Joel Kator (aka Alfred Hudson), AbdulAzeez Suleiman Temidayo (aka Miss Katie Official), Favour Chidiogo Emmanuel (aka Kate Banks), John Joseph (aka Avail Hollywood) and Bethel Makuochukwu ( aka Violetqmartinez). Makuochukwu had two weeks earlier been convicted for money laundering.
They all pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against them. Consequently, the prosecuting counsel, M.E Eimonye, M. Arumeni, M.U Gadaka and K.S Ogunlade urged the court to convict them accordingly.
Justice Isiaka convicted and sentenced the defendants to two years imprisonment each with option of fines.
In addition, they are to forfeit all electronic gadgets, furniture and other items recovered from them, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The defendants were arrested at various locations in Kaduna upon intelligence received by the Command.
Investigation established they had impersonated foreign nationals and used the false identities to defraud unsuspecting victims
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