The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned
and secured the conviction of one Ayomide Olamide before Justice. H. O Eya of
the Enugu State High Court, Enugu on a
one-count charge bordering on conspiracy, impersonation,
obtaining money under false pretences and ATM fraud.
Olamide belongs to a syndicate of fraudster that
specialises in tricking members of the public to disclose their Personal
Identification Numbers (PIN) to avoid being deactivated from using their
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Cards.
The petitioner alleged that he received a text message on his
phone sometime in December 2016 purportedly
from United Bank for Africa (UBA) customer
Care department claiming
that his ATM card will be stopped from operations, due to incomplete BVN
registration unless he called the bank’s customer care number given as 09032578084,
to update his details which he nervously
did.
He further added that
shortly after disclosing his bank details, his account was subsequently debited
to the tune of N75,900.00 (Seventy Five Thousand Naira Only).
Investigation carried out on
the matter revealed that the convict actually sent out SMS messages and used
monies realised from his nefarious act to buy mobile phone airtime online.
When the case came up for
arraignmnent,Olamide pleaded guilty to the charge.
In view of the accused person’s plea, the prosecuting counsel Mela Musa Gwani prayed the
court to convict him accordingly.
The defense counsel, D.A Kakaan did not object but prayed his
lordship to temper justice with mercy considering the fact that the accused is a first offender and had shown remorse by pleading guilty.
Justice Eya thereafter sentenced him to five months
imprisonment commencing from the date of arrest and detention, 8th
April, 2017.
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