Editorial News of Thursday, 28 January 1999

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The Graphic Showbiz

"Swedru sex fraudster jailed" is the cover story of the Graphic Showbiz. The story has it that George Eyiah, a sex fraudster who for the past three years, operating from Agona Swedru , have advertised in foreign magazines with 14 female names and had been able to secure 28 male respondents from Europe, America and Australia proposing marriage and love to him, have been jailed for 26 months.

Eyiah who advertised in "Matchmaker" and "Continental And Loot", uses nude, pictures of young girls as himself and deceiving his respondents this way, he extorted various monies ranging between $5 to 1,500 which he said was to defray his cost for mailing letters and nude pictures to them.

Through various ploys, he was able to squeeze heavier amounts of $500 and $1,500 from most of his 28 foreign lovers. Other items he was able to extort include women wears, electronic gadgets, and toiletries as well as sex enhancement creams.

One of his victims is an Australian who is seeking appointment at the University of Cape to lecture in the Law Faculty. He refers to Eyiah in his letters as Spendy and was requesting for a nude photograph and some of "her" "pussy hair that I can treasure as part of you, here in Australia", the paper quotes from the letter.

Eyiah was convicted on three counts of escaping from lawful custody, defrauding by false pretences and offences relating to obscenity.

The Police are still looking for dozens of girls whose nude pictures helped to facilitate the activities of Eyiah, for prosecution.