The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 14,
2015 arrested three suspected internet
fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State –
Okpekereke Timothy, Stanley Odjighere, and
Teminor Karo.
The trio are part of a syndicate arrested over
allegations of conspiracy, internet scam and
stealing from one of the new generation banks
to the tune of N806, 208,000.00 (Eight
Hundred and Six Million Two Hundred and
Eight Thousand Naira). Forty others are still
at large.
The theft was perpetrated through a system
glitch linked to the fraudsters, in which the
bank suffered a huge loss of more than N806,
208,000.
The petitioner, who works in one of the new
generation banks, alleged that a review of
transactions involving the bank with
Interswitch Nigeria limited revealed that the
bank was not reimbursed for the transactions
consummated on ATM terminals.
He observed that while many of the
transactions involved were failed transactions,
the amounts involved were not reversed, and
all the customers were seen to have
withdrawn the cash amounting to the sum, on
each day of the occasion it happened.
The EFCC has so far confiscated the following
property, which are proceeds of the crime
from the suspects who are all within the
South-South zone: one uncompleted 59-room
self contain hostel, a twin bungalow in
Oghara, Delta State, one uncompleted hotel
project, one bungalow with a swimming pool
in Ughelli, a bungalow in Agbaro , one Toyota
Venza 2010 model, two Toyota Solara cars
2010 model, two Toyota Camry cars, 2010
model and two Honda Accord cars, 2005
model.
The suspects would be arraigned in court as
soon as investigations are completed.
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