‘Ofa Tokelau obtained $17,000 pa’anga by false pretences from a complainant who thought she was ordering a vehicle from Japan, which never arrived. Justice Paul Garlick found the scammer guilty of a false pretences charge on 6 June in the Supreme Court, Nuku’alofa.
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Results for receiving money by by false pretences
Friday 13 June 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Tuesday 5 March 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A fraudulent online car dealer, Filimone To‘aho (43), was sentenced to seven years imprisonment with the final year suspended for eight charges of receiving a total of $243,486 by false pretences in a scam on Facebook. His victims, six women and two men, included a prince.
