Police Nab 5 Customers For Stealing N760m From Bank


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Operatives of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, have arrested five customers of Sterling Bank in Lagos for allegedly defrauding the bank of N760 million.
LEADERSHIP gathered that 10 others involved in the alleged electronic fraud are said to be at large after the police launched a manhunt for them.
It was gathered that they perpetrated the fraud in 2013 at the bank’s branches on Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, Refinery Road, Kaduna State, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos and Marina Street, Lagos Island, in connivance with some staff of the bank.
The suspects arrested were identified as Kayode Ojo Rotimi, 23, Samson Oluwafemi, 32, Adeniyi Ishola David, 40, Adindu Precious, 40, and Iparo Olabode, 19.
The suspects after investigation were charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on a nine-count charge of obtaining money under false statement and fraudulent conversion.
Other suspects now at large, according to the police are, Fabusoro Samuel Toyin, Goodluck Shehu, Briska Joel, Onifade Funsho, Mohammed Musa, Wale Arowasegbe, Awojola Tunde, Leye Baruwa, Babajide Aina and a woman Busayo Adesokan.
When the matter came up for hearing, the police prosecutor, Supol. Emerho Frank, informed the court that the five accused persons conspired with 10 others by fraudulently using the passwords and users’ profiles of some staff of the bank to withdraw the N760 million from the bank’s accounts.
Without the bank staff’s knowledge they were said to have allegedly withdrawn the money from the account of the funds authorising officer of the bank, John Ogun, and account of the fund transfer officer of the bank, Ogwunighie Anthonia, and transferred same to different accounts of the bank’s branches and shared it among themselves.
The prosecutor said the accused were arrested in Lagos, Ibadan and Kaduna following a written complaint by the management of the bank to the commissioner of police in charge of SFU Lagos, Commissioner of Police Tunde Ogunsakin, adding that all the suspects allegedly confessed to the crime which contravenes sections 409, 312(1)(2)(3), 278 and 285 of the criminal laws of Lagos State, 2011.
All the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the crime in the open court and the presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs. A. O. Adedayo, admitted them to bail in the sum N10 million each with two sureties in like sum.

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