By Staff Reporter
Innocent Kananji, 26, is in police custody for being suspected of creating a fake Facebook account of the Police Inspector General(IG) with an aim of stealing people’s money.
Kananji has been arrested by detectives from Cyber Crime Unit on suspicion that he created the fake account that bears the name and photo of the Police Inspector General, Meryln Yolamu.
According to the Malawi Police Service, the suspect is alleged to have used the account to dupe money from some youths amounting to K150,000 on the pretext that he would recruit them into the Malawi Police Service.
“Police investigations have also revealed that the suspect has different 13 Facebook accounts most of them bearing female names and pictures which are also investigated, ” reads part of the statement by the Service.
Kananji is expected to appear in court soon to answer the charge of cyber spamming contrary to Section 91 of Electronic Transaction and Cyber Security Act of 2016.
The suspect hails from Andasani village, T/A Sawali in Balaka District.
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