Jailed Cameroonian Convict Charged With Impersonating African Presidents, Fraud
Jailed Cameroonian Convict Charged With Impersonating African Presidents, Fraud
May 12, 2021
May 11, 2021
VOA | Cameroonian convict Jacques Calvin Eyafa has been bound to a wheelchair at the Yaoundé maximum security prison for the past two years. But authorities say that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to steal money from people over the phone.
Police in Cameroon say they have charged Eyafa with impersonating African presidents over the phone to defraud victims, including the government of Niger.
Judicial police officer Vincent De Paul Meva says Eyafa is accused of using a smuggled mobile phone to impersonate officials, including Cameroon’s President Paul Biya.
Cameroonian convict Jacques Calvin Eyafa has been bound to a wheelchair at the Yaoundé maximum security prison for the past two years. But authorities say that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to steal money from people over the phone. Police in Cameroon say they have charged Eyafa with impersonating African presidents over the phone to…
Jailed Cameroonian Convict Charged With Impersonating African Presidents, Fraud
May 11, 2021
FILE - A security officer stands in guard at a prison in Yaounde,Cameroon, Sept. 1, 2017. Overcrowded prisons in the country are said to have become hotbeds for the coronavirus.
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Cameroonian convict Jacques Calvin Eyafa has been bound to a wheelchair at the Yaoundé maximum security prison for the past two years. But authorities say that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to steal money from people over the phone.
Police in Cameroon say they have charged Eyafa with impersonating African presidents over the phone to defraud victims, including the government of Niger.