₦airaland Forum

A Bureau De Change (BDC) operator, Atoyebi Lateef Bamidele, a.k.a. Bam-Bam, was recently arraigned before a Lagos Federal High Court, on charges of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and stealing of N157 million, belonging to traders in Alaba, Lagos.

Bamidele who operated a BDC company with the name Prosocial International Limited, was arraigned before the court by the officers of Force Criminal Investigation Department (ForceCID) Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos.

His arrest and arraignment was sequel to a petition written to the police by Barrister Mejulu Henry, lawyer to the defrauded traders.

Arraigning the BDC operator, the prosecutor, S. O. Ayodele, told the court that the defendant and others now at large, between December 2022 and January 2023, obtained the total sum of N157, 206 million, with false pretence of getting the United States dollars
equivalent.

https://factualng.com/2023/09/22/police-arraign-bdc-operator-for-alleged-n156m-theft/