Friday, August 22, 2014

N9m fraud: Two Access bank staff arrested

Two Access bank staff have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over alleged conspiracy and fraudulent conversion of Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue Cheque for N9554, 286, 00.
The suspects are Rowland Alozie, Segun Osho and their accomplice, Abass Kolawole.
According to the EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, Alozie and Osho, both staff of Access Bank, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt branch, colluded to convert an Ecobank Manager’s Cheque belonging to one Rockson Engineering, issued as tax payment to the Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue.
Uwujaren said: “The third suspect, Abass Kolawole was arrested when he allegedly approached a branch of Ecobank in Lagos to cash the Manager’s Cheque through his account. The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.”

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