ATM fraud: Bankers conspire with impostor, steal N5m

Four bankers attached to the First Bank Plc, Kano State branch; have been arrested for conspiring with an impostor to steal the sum of N5, 100, 000 from a customer’s account.

The arrest of the bankers, identified as Mansur Danlami, Ejiro Eborikpo, Nina Stephen and Samson Nwodo was facilitated by the have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the suspects would be charged for conspiracy to steal the sum of N5, 100, 000 from a customer’s account.

He revealed that after the issuance of the purported ATM card, the impostor used the card to steal N5, 100, 000 from Samuel Omede’s account.

He added: “The suspects, all staff of Zoo Road Branch of First Bank Plc allegedly conspired among themselves to issue ATM card to an impostor, in the name of Samuel Omede, a bona fide customer of the Bank in Bayelsa State. The suspects are still being interrogated in the Kano Zonal office of the EFCC and will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.”