Bank Docks Woman Over Fraud, Impersonation

Lagos: Bank docks woman over fraud, impersonation
By Omobola Tolu-Kusimo

A 38-YEAR-OLD woman, Mrs. Mosun Ogunsola, is currently standing trial before an Ikeja Magistrate's Court for allegedly defrauding First City Monument Bank (FCMB) of N580, 000 recently by falsely claiming to be a teacher in the employment of Lagos State Government.



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Ogunsola is standing trial with 45-year-old Mr. Alonge Tomide on a five-count charge before Magistrate A. O. Isaac.

She allegedly claimed to be a teacher with intent to commit felony and defraud the bank, an offence punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code Cap C17 Vol. 1 Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003.

Alonge and Mosun allegedly forged State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) loans agreement documents, which were eventually used to secure a N580,000 loan from one of the bank's branches.

But luck ran out on the suspects when they decided to go to another FCMB branch to secure another loan under the pretence of being civil servants in Lagos State.

Testifying in court, an employee of the bank, Mr. Gideon Alfred, said Mrs. Ogunsola approached his branch to seek a loan on her second attempt to defraud FCMB, using a different name other than the one she used to allegedly commit the first offence.

He said the bank has a loan facility it offers to civil servants in the service of Lagos State.

Alfred stated: "When Mrs. Ogunsola fraudulently collected N580,000 from one of our branches, a message was sent to all the other branches to be on the look out for her.

"Few weeks later, she came to my branch and presented a different document with a different name and identity and when I checked my system to run a Know Your Customer (KYC) policy that we do on every customer, I discovered that it was the same person we were looking for."

The suspect was arrested on the spot after Alfred alerted the branch manager who invited the police.

The case was adjourned to October 12, 2009.

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