Another Sharp Guy Convicted For MMM
Another ‘sharp guy’ just got his
fingers burnt. A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja, on Thursday sentenced one
Hassan Joshua, 38, to two months’ imprisonment for criminal breach of trust and
cheating, bordering on failure to pay back a customer’s N430,000.
The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq,
however, gave him N 10,000 option of fine and warned him to desist from
committing crime.
The judge also ordered the
convict to pay the N430,000 to the complainant.
Joshua, a welder, who resides at
Nimasa Estate Gwarimpa-Abuja, said that he paid the money into the money
doubling ponzi scheme, MMM.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Zannah
Dalhatu, told the court that one Mr. Fagbo Tubosun of Gwarimpa Estate reported
the matter at Gwarimpa Police Station on Feb. 7.
According to NAN, Dalhatu said
that in October 2016, the convict was given the cash to construct water tank
and doors.
He said, “After collecting the
money, he refused to do the work and he absconded to an unknown destination.”
During police investigation
Joshua confessed to the crime, hence he got lesser sentence.
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