Crime
Three microfinance bank staff arraigned over alleged N14.2m fraud
The police in Osun on Thursday arraigned three microfinance bank staff in a Federal High Court in Osogbo over alleged N14.2 million fraud.
The police charged Aderinlowo Joseph, Abosede Totomi, and Oyinlola Abimbola, with four counts of conspiracy, computer related crime, fraud, and theft.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Prosecution Counsel, F.B Osei, told the court that the defendants committed the offence between December 2016 and December 2019, at Otan-Aiyegbaju area, Osun.
Osei said the the defendants defrauded customers by hacking into the computer system of the bank and stole N14.273 million.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 27(1)(B)(2), 13 , of the Cyber Crime Provision and Prevention Act 2016 and sections 390(9) , 516, of the Criminal Act C 38 of the laws of Federation of Nigeria , 2004.
Justice Peter Lifu admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N 10 million and two sureties each in like sum.
Lifu ordered that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and must provide evidence of tax payments and two passports sized photographs, attached with an affidavit of means.
The Judge adjourned the case until March 18 for hearing.
NAN
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