Monrovia – The Liberia Nationwide Police has launched an investigation into two males accused of impersonating FrontPageAfrica’s Managing Editor, Rodney Sieh, in a scheme to extort cash from authorities officers, outstanding residents, and companies.
By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected]
The suspects, recognized as Morris Tamba and Sembeh Borhay allegedly acquired telephone numbers from Lonestar Cell MTN and posed as Sieh whereas soliciting money.
Condemning the act, Mr. Sieh described it as “unlucky” and known as on the police to behave swiftly in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
“It’s unlucky that younger and agile males are stooping so low to have interaction in prison actions by soliciting cash beneath false pretense pretending to be Rodney Sieh,” Sieh mentioned. “They should discover a job or go to highschool. It is extremely simple to hint these telephone numbers as now we have been doing on quite a few events. Others have been arrested and so will these two.”
Lonestar Cell MTN confirmed that it has blocked the 2 numbers in query, noting that the matter is now beneath investigation.
“I wish to thank the administration of Lonestarcell MTN for his or her help in figuring out the suspects. I hope this serves as a warning to others that the SIM registration course of makes it simple to apprehend perpetrators of those actions,” Sieh added.
Officers mentioned the breakthrough was made potential by the Liberia Telecommunications Authority’s obligatory SIM card registration train launched a couple of years in the past.
In the meantime, the LNP confirmed that its probe is ongoing.
Not the First Case
This isn’t the primary time people have tried to take advantage of FrontPageAfrica’s popularity for monetary achieve.
In 2014, an imposter, Prince Sieh (no relation to Rodney), was arrested after months on the run. He had been demanding cash from authorities officers, claiming he might suppress unfavorable information tales about them.
In 2022, the Monrovia Metropolis Courtroom jailed two males — Cyrus Jackson Doe, 33, and Junior V. Foley — for impersonating FrontPageAfrica reporters and editors in a scheme to blackmail senior authorities officers. Together with one other man, George Vaye, they have been charged with forgery, impersonation, conspiracy, facilitation, and solicitation beneath Liberia’s Penal Regulation.
