{"id":3247,"date":"2019-09-19T06:07:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T06:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2019-09-19T06:07:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T06:07:24","slug":"atm-fraud-prisons-staff-5-others-in-efcc-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=3247","title":{"rendered":"ATM Fraud: Prison\u2019s Staff, 5 Others in EFCC Net\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">ATM Fraud: Prison\u2019s Staff, 5 Others in EFCC Net<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, North -West, Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested six fraudsters who specialize in defrauding innocent Nigerians by using bank details obtained through sim swaps and Automated Teller Machines (ATM).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement signed by Head, Public Affairs EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office, Zainab Sani Ahmed, the suspects include Urulo Ikenna Henry, an Inspector with the Enugu Command of Nigerian Correctional Service. Others are Ugonna Nelson Owete, Ugonna Samuel Okafor Obinna, Chigbo Paschal Chidiebere, Oha Chukwujekwu Kingsley, Ahamefula Francis Izuchukwu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The suspects were 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.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">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.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Upon the receipt of the petition, the zonal office of the Commission\u00a0 immediately swung into action and traced some of the funds to three of the suspects,\u00a0 Samuel Okafor Obinna &#8211; N1,500.000; Chigbo Paschal Chidiebere -N210,000 and Oha Chukwujekwu Kingsley N300 000. All three were promptly arrested.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Further investigation revealed that Ikenna Henry, Nelson Owete (a known criminal who was earlier arrested and paraded by the Enugu State Police Command for\u00a0 crimes bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery) and Ahamefula Francis Izuchukwu were equally complicit in the fraud.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">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.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Two sachets of Cannabis Sativa, 8 ATM cards bearing different names and banks, 6 Starter Packs, and 4 SIM\u00a0 cards of various networks, One empty ECOWAS Passport, 1 NDA dependant ID card and a voter card were also recovered from Francis Izuchukwu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The suspects, the statement further revealed will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATM Fraud: Prison\u2019s Staff, 5 Others in EFCC Net Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North -West, Nigeria Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested six fraudsters who specialize in defrauding innocent Nigerians by using bank details obtained through sim swaps and Automated Teller Machines (ATM). 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