Court jails bankers over 9.4 Million ATM fraud
By Odunayo Odeja
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has sentenced two bankers to three years imprisonment.
The trial judge, Justice Mojisola Olajuwon, found Agbo John Agama and Edoh Steve guilty and convicted them for conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud to the tune of ₦9, 400,000.
The bankers were prosecuted on one count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.
The charge reads, “That you, Agbo John Agama “M” and you Edoh Oga Steve “M” while being employees of Access Bank Plc Makurdi Branch and others now at large, on or about the 8th day of January, 2021 at Makurdi, Benue State of Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, used an unauthorized access device to wit: a primed ATM Card on Account No. 30041040648 being operated by one Mejuru Chibueze Gospel with Access Bank resulting a loss of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N9,400,000) only to him, and thereby committed an offence, contrary to Section 33(2)(b) of Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same section of the Act”
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The defendants pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against them.
In view of their plea, prosecuting counsel, Mary Onoja asked the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
Justice Olajuwon convicted and sentenced them to three years imprisonment each.
The court also ordered each of the. convict to pay a fine of N100,000 to the Federal Government of Nigeria and restitute the victim in the sum of N2,100,000 each.
