Bankers Steal N40.5Million from Customers’ Accounts, ATM, Land in EFCC Net

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Two bankers, who made illegal withdrawal of N23million from customers’ accounts and stole N17.5million from Automated Teller Machine (ATM) deposits, have been held by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Thirty-nine-year-old Walter Ekomaye and Ebenezer Adelowo, 31, were arrested by operatives from the Ibadan office of EFCC following a petition from the bank’s Regional Control Compliance Officer and Zonal Control Compliance Officer.

According to EFCC spokesman, Samin Amaddin, the suspected bank robbers were held for conspiracy, stealing, and illegal diversion of funds.

The petition says that sometimes in December 2017, Ekomaye and Adelowo were involved in an illegal withdrawal of funds from two customers’ unfunded accounts totaling N23million.

Amaddin says in a statement sent to NewsmakersNG: “It was further alleged that they also withdrew another N17.5million from the bank’s vault, money meant to fund the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of the bank, making it a total theft of N40.5million.

“Investigation revealed that the suspects took advantage of their position as account officers to two of their bank customers to perpetrate their fraud.

“It was discovered that part of the money from the fraudulent acts by the suspects were diverted into different accounts for the buying and selling of foreign exchange.

“It was also alleged that Adelowo collected the sum of N35, 290, 200 from five customers of the bank under false pretence.”

Amaddin stated that the suspects would be charged to court as soon.

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