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Banker To Spend 39 Years In Prison For Stealing From The Dead by Edegba(m): 12:30am On Jun 10, 2016
Source: www.carolinaflick.com/2016/06/banker-to-spend-39-years-in-prison-for.html?m=1

For stealing from a dead customer, a
banker, Olawale Garuba, is to spend 39
years in jail.
The banker, who was convicted Thursday
by a Lagos High Court, was found guilty
by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye, for
conspiring with six others to steal N30m
from bank account of a late customer.
The court found the convict guilty on 13
of the 18 counts, and sentenced him to
three years imprisonment on each count.
The sentences are to run concurrently
from the date of his first detention, which
is July 24, 2015. He is to spend only three
years in the prison.
The fraud was uncovered by the bank
when it was discovered that some of their
employees, including the convict had
connived with proxies to steal from a
dormant account of one of the bank’s
customers.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission was called in and the
suspects handed over to the agency.
At first, the suspects pleaded not guilty to
18 counts of fraud, when they were first
arraigned.
They were refused bail by Justice Ipaye
and were remanded in prison custody.
However, on June 2, 2016, the convict
changed his plea from ‘not guilty’ to
‘guilty’. He was immediately convicted.
Counsel representing the convict,
Olanrewaju Ajanaku, pleaded with the
court to tamper justice with mercy in
sentencing his client. He told the court
that his client was a remorseful first time
offender with a young wife and two little
children.
But the prosecution counsel, Abba
Mohammed, urged the court to consider
the three-way traffic while tampering
justice with mercy. That is the interests of
the court, the victim and the convict.
The trial Judge after listening to both
sides noted that the convict allowed his
greed to overcome him and risk losing the
job that thousands of job seekers were
craving for.
She found the convict guilty on 13 of the
18 counts, and sentenced him accordingly.

Source: www.carolinaflick.com/2016/06/banker-to-spend-39-years-in-prison-for.html?m=1

Re: Banker To Spend 39 Years In Prison For Stealing From The Dead by histemple: 12:55am On Jun 10, 2016
Greed remains insatiable until one is caught.
Re: Banker To Spend 39 Years In Prison For Stealing From The Dead by DrGud: 7:36am On Jun 10, 2016
Cheating does not pay. cool u c ur lyf. Ir eyz go clear now. grin any way enjoy ur rehabs while it lasts.

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