A man who has been allegedly posing as a government lawyer and obtaining money by false pretences has been charged by Police and will appear in court later today.
Police spokesperson, Ana Naisoro says Josefa Saronitokatoka Volitiviti Kolinio Radrudru Ravoka has been charged with 8 counts of personating a public officer, obtaining financial advantage by deception, false or misleading documents and giving false information to a public officer.
Naisoro confirms that a report was lodged by an employee of the Attorney General’s Office and investigated by the CID’s Economic Crime Unit.
The man allegedly used names like Josefa Ravoka and Josefa Atalafo while obtaining money from people according to Crime stoppers. It is alleged that he was meeting people at some government offices and posing as a lawyer.
He allegedly obtained financial advantage by deception amounting to more than $7,600.
