Female banker arraigned for N452m scam in Onitsha

The Enugu Zonal Command of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned one Judith Nneka Nwagwu, a workers of the United Financial institution for Africa, earlier than Justice D.A Onyefulu of the Anambra State Excessive Courtroom sitting in Onitsha on a seven rely cost bordering on forgery and acquiring by false pretence to the tune of N452,047,000.

Judith is alleged to have fraudulently obtained N192,000,000 (One Hundred and Ninety Million Naira) from a complainant whom she was his account officer, on the pretext that the financial institution had $400,000 on the market on the price of N480 per Greenback.

Her employers additionally petitioned the Fee alleging that the defendant solid two fastened deposit certificates and fraudulently obtained the whole sum of N260,047.000 ( Two Hundred and Sixty Million, Forty-Seven Thousand naira)Million from a buyer below the guise of fixing the cash for him.

Rely 6 of the cost reads, “That you just Judith Nneka Nwagwu, whereas being an worker of the United Financial institution of Africa Plc Onitsha Department, someday in 2021 inside the jurisdiction of this courtroom did make a false doc titled “Malaexchio International Restricted with the worth of N141,347,289,25 understanding similar to be false and with intent that it might be acted upon as real to the bias of Anthony Unigwe and United Financial institution For Africa Plc and also you dedicated an offence opposite to Part 436 of the Felony Code Legislation, Cap 36, Anambra and punishable below Part 444(3)(h) of the identical regulation”.

She pleaded not responsible when the fees had been learn to her prompting prosecution counsel Michal Ani to ask for a date for the graduation of trial.

Justice Onyefulu granted her bail within the sum of N10 million with a surety in like sum. The surety have to be resident inside the jurisdiction of courtroom.