Contact tracer who tricked his way into Melbourne woman’s bedroom jailed for three years

Abdulfatah Awow threatened to have woman deported unless she performed sex acts on him

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A contact tracer posed as a health department official to trick his way into a Melbourne woman's bedroom and threatened to have her deported unless she performed sexual acts on him.

Abdulfatah Awow obtained the woman's personal details while working for a health department subcontractor in a call centre responsible for contact tracing and vaccine appointments.

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