The Kaduna Zonal Office of the EFCC have arrested six fraudsters who specialize in defrauding people by using bank details obtained through sim swaps and ATMs, Igbere TV reports.

A statement obtained by Igbere TV from the EFCC’s website, gave the name of the key suspect as Mr Urulo Ikenna Henry, an Inspector with the Enugu Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS).

Others were listed as Ugonna Nelson Owete, Ugonna Samuel Okafor Obinna, Chigbo Paschal Chidiebere, Oha Chukwujekwu Kingsley, and Ahamefula Francis Izuchukwu.

The suspects were said to have been arrested in separate operations, sequel to a petition by a customer of Access Bank, alleging that monies were illegally transferred from his account without his authorisation.

According to the petitioner, sometime in February, 2019, he opened an account with Diamond Bank (now Access Bank) which he funded to the tune of N5m and instructed the bank to open a fixed deposit account, with the sum of N1m from the earlier account, as opening balance.

The complainant said he was receiving regular alerts until the end of March, 2019 when the alerts stopped coming, prompting him to demand his statement of account from the bank.

“Upon receipt of his bank statement, he discovered to his chagrin that the sum of two million nine hundred and eleven thousand four hundred and eighty naira (N2,911,480m) had fraudulently been transferred to several accounts between April 5 -9, 2019 without his authorisation”, the statement said.

“Upon the receipt of the petition, the zonal office of the Commission immediately swung into action and traced some of the funds to three of the suspects, Samuel Okafor Obinna - N1,500.000; Chigbo Paschal Chidiebere -N210,000 and Oha Chukwujekwu Kingsley N300 000. All three were promptly arrested”, the EFCC said.

Further investigation revealed that Ikenna Henry, Nelson Owete (a known criminal who was earlier arrested and paraded by the Enugu State Police for crimes bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery) and Ahamefula Francis Izuchukwu were equally complicit in the fraud.

They were arrested. Upon arrest, items recovered from Urulo Ikenna Henry included a Toyota Camry, documents of 2 plots of land, 2 Nigeria Housing Fund Passbook (one belonging to him and the other bearing Ani Wilfred Ochechukwu), 17 ATM cards of different banks bearing different names, 2 Nigerian Correctional Service Identity Cards, 2 smart phones and 2 Nokia phones, 1 NHIS card, 1 voter card, 26 Starter Packs and 15 SIM cards of various networks.

Two sachets of Cannabis Sativa, 8 ATM cards bearing different names and banks, 6 Starter Packs, and 4 SIM cards of various networks, One empty ECOWAS Passport, 1 NDA dependant ID card and a voter card were also recovered from Francis Izuchukwu.

The statement added that the suspects will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

http://igberetvnews.com/980219/efcc-arrests-prisons-staff-5-others-for-atm-fraud-photos/

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Seun

Chai!

Greedy folks. Let them rot in hell.

Toooh...the prison staff will definitely feel at home in his house (Prison).

daddytime:
Toooh...the prison staff will definitely feel at home in his house (Prison).

Savage

If the guy did not authorize it, then the bank should sort their issue with the criminals and return his money sharply. I do not think this is the guy's fight rather it should be the bank's fight.

Nigerians and crime. Khudos to EFCC.

The names sha

9jatriot:
If the guy did not authorize it, then the bank should sort their issue with the criminals and return his money sharply. I do not think this is the guy's fight rather it should be the bank's fight.

Nigerians and crime. Khudos to EFCC.

My thoughts exactly

9jatriot:
If the guy did not authorize it, then the bank should sort their issue with the criminals and return his money sharply. I do not think this is the guy's fight rather it should be the bank's fight.

Nigerians and crime. Khudos to EFCC.

My thoughts exactly