Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Olawole
Sunday, a suspected fraudster who specialised in buying bank
accounts’ details from individuals with which he defrauds unsuspecting
members of the public.
Sunday's modus operandi involved encouraging young people to
open multiple bank accounts, pay them either N25,000 or N50,000 for each
account and collect their bank details including Automated Teller
Machine, ATM cards.
Sunday allegedly employed the account details of one Uyi Godstime Eghosa to
defraud a petitioner the sum of N2 million under the guise of trading in
forex. The account owner, Eghosa was arrested and his disclosure
that he was unaware that his account was used in defrauding members
of the public, led to Sunday’s arrest.
Eghosa explained that he relinquished his
account details, including his ATM card, to Sunday
after a N25,000 (Twenty-five Thousand Naira) payment to him.
Sunday, upon his arrest, confessed to the crime and would be
charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.
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