A 26-year-old man imprisoned to 30 months with hard labor

Police Spokesperson, Esther Katongo (Picture by Albert Mpezeni)

Police Spokesperson, Esther Katongo (Picture by Albert Mpezeni)

The Solwezi Magistrate court has sentenced a 26-year-old man of Kyawama areas in Solwezi to 30 months imprisonment with hard labout for swindling unsuspecting members of the public through facebook.

Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says the convict; Reagan Maluso had created a fake facebook account in the name of First Lady Esther Lungu and used the same to swindle people out of money on pretext that they will access empowerment programs.

She says Maluso was arrested and charged with the offence of impersonation and six counts of obtaining money through false pretences.

Ms Katongo has since warned fraudsters that police will not watch unscrupulous people stealing from unsuspecting members of the public using social media.

She states that the conviction of Maluso should send a warning to all those that are in the habit of abusing social media that their time of reckoning is coming.

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