Officials of Skye Bank, undergraduate held over Internet fraud

The Special Fraud Unit(SFU), Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos State, has arrested four people , including two officials of Skye Bank over alleged internet fraud.
The money involved in the fraud is  estimated to be around 50 000 U S dollar.

An undergraduate of Imo State University, 400level, Uche Akobundu, who was described as the main suspect in the crime, had also been arrested by detectives from the Unit.
The four persons : Uche Akobundu ,Nnamdi Dike , Olawale Ogunniran and Sani Ismaila were said to have in the last two years, connived in duping an unsuspecting female citizens of America.
Olawale Ogunnirani and Nnamdi Dike , who are the two staff members of Skye Bank,  Allen Avenue and Owerri Branch respectively , allegedly  assisted Uche in withdrawing the fraud money , without following due process,
SFU spokes person,  Ngozi Isintume - Agu , explained that the arrest of the suspects was as a result of a petition from a U S national ,  Amelia Brosick , who  also happened to be a victim of the fraud.
According to Isintume - Agu, Uche used a pseudo name ,Devon Miles, posing as an America citizen , to lure  his victim into a relationship , before dispossessing  them of their money.
Uche also allegedly succeeded in collecting the sum of $16 439 from Amelia , before it occurred to her that she had fallen prey to a professional fraudster.
Other victims of the suspect include :Jettie Simpson , Shelly Bashir , Billie Klock and Aurea. Desena. , who all sent almost $30 000 to Uche in the last two years
According to SFU investigation , Uche had lied to his victims that he was 49-year-old and that he was in Nigeria for business transactions.
Uche who confessed to the crime, said that he did not do anything "tangible" with the money.
He said that  he used to lie to some of his victims that he was stranded in Nigeria or that his daughter had an accident.
Nnamdi  allegedly  opened an account in his father's name (Joseph Samuel ), with which he withdrew money that was sent through Western Union Money Transfer.
The other banker , Ogunniran Akintunde, was said to have  paid money to Devon Miles , through Bala , an errand boy with a Bureau de Change in Ikeja , without adhering to the rules and regulations  governing such transactions.
Commissioner of Police,  SFU , Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin , said he was worried by the increasing incidence of cyber crime in Nigeria.
He urged Nigerians and foreigners to report any suspicious fraud on the internet by visiting the unit website on. Info@specialfraudunit org ng