The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the arrest of four bankers for perpetrating Automated Teller Machine fraud.
According to EFCC, the fraudsters are Mansur Danlami, Ejiro Eborikpo, Nina Stephen and Samson Nwodo. They were arrested by the operatives of the EFCC for conspiracy to steal the sum of N5.1 million from a customer’s account.
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.
After the issuance of the fraud ATM card, the impostor used the card to steal N5.1 million from Samuel Omede’s account.
The suspects are still being interrogated in the Kano Zonal office of EFCC and will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded, the EFCC said.