The police at the Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos have arrested Remi Adebimpe, 34, a staff of Sterling Bank Plc in Lagos for allegedly converting the sum of £14,000 (N4,214,000) given to him by a customer of the bank to lodge into an account.
But Adebimpe took the money for personal use and escaped. Also arrested in connection of the crime was one Suleimon Azeez, 45.
According to the police, the crime was perpetrated on 9 June, 2015 during working hours at the Sterling Bank Plc, Ikoyi branch, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Police said the fraud was discovered when the customer, Jonathan Nwora, notified the bank management of the alleged fraud.
The bank management immediately sacked Adebimpe and reported the matter to the police.
Following the report, the DPO in-charge of Lion building division, CSP Tanaruno Anthonia directed a team led by Inspector Elegbede Oluranti to track and arrest Adebimpe.
After investigation, Adebimpe and his accomplice were arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on a two count charge of felony and stealing.
Police prosecutor, Ignatius Okeke informed the court in charge No A/46/2015 that the complainant, Jonathan Nwora, a customer of Sterling bank plc gave the sum of £20,000 to the accused, Remi Adebimpe, a transaction officer with the Sterling bank to lodge in his account, but instead he lodge only £6,000 into his account and converted the sum of £14,000 for his personal use.
Okeke told the court that during investigation, the accused confessed to stealing the money saying his accomplice Azeez lured him to a native doctor to spend the stolen money for the printing of dollars to become rich overnight which did not materialise.
Okeke noted the offences are punishable under sections 409,312(1)and 285(7) of the criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused persons however pleaded not guilty to the alleged crime in the open court and Chief Magistrate Mrs K.B Ayeye admitted them to bail in the sum of N200,000 each with two surties each in like sum.
Ayeye adjourned the case for mention, while the defendants were taken to Ikoyi prison, Lagos pending when they will fulfil their bail conditions.
Source - PM News
Ah ah,i dont understand..shuo!
Jesus. Na wa
ReplyDeleteLater, they will say is only igbo people that like money / commit fraud.
DeleteSmh
ise aye.. lol
ReplyDelete"Get rich quick" syndrome... Abeg, let us learn to be content with what we have.
ReplyDeleteNo time to read dis, not wen I am refreshing for ihn.
ReplyDeleteShe must be very stupid. #4m and you still want to use it to print Dollars to become rich overnight? With #4m, if you can use it very well, you will be super rich. Let her dance to the tune of her music
ReplyDelete*Larry was here*
The culprit is a "he"
DeleteJust imagine!
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ReplyDeleteLmao..
ReplyDeleteBlame the witches in his village.
ReplyDeleteThieves....see where greed landed them
ReplyDeleteSee this olodo boy or na woman. And you worked in a bank? Giving babalawo dollars to make more dollars for you. I dont know we have foolish people still working in financial institutions.
ReplyDeleteAnyway good for him, if that has happened, he will go and do one big owambe party. Yeye ofe mmanu. Mumu in the highest order
Shame on Remi Adebimpe.
ReplyDeleteThese are the fishbrains banks would rather employ so they dont have to pay serious salary to graduates...
ReplyDeleteIn this age, an "educated" person can fall for this dollar changing scam
Namsense n plenty ingredients!!
Mumus....
ReplyDeleteStill baffles me when I read stories like this.
A Yoruba man defrauded an Igbo man.Ochere na oga ana free????? Anedekwanu nkogheri na dictionary? Taa ndi ofe nmanu!!!
ReplyDeleteYeye man or woman. You want to defraud omego his money? Mbanu
ReplyDeleteSo an educated man can still fall for such scam.
ReplyDeleteMost times they are under a spell. Its not possible for someone in his/ her right mind to fall for such a cheap trick
ReplyDeleteUnder which stupid spell? It's so common and possible
DeleteThank God he was even caught,mumu
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine! Spending the money on native doctor because he wants to be rich over night, if na so e easy d native doctors sef suppose be millionaires...yeye dey worry am
ReplyDeleteStupid
ReplyDeleteThought we've read this news before?????
ReplyDeleteGreedy mofos
ReplyDeleteGreed!!! Greedy fools
ReplyDeleteWelcome INH, it is not easy at all oh, everybody is managing, may God Almighty send help to those in need of help.
ReplyDeleteLmao.
ReplyDeleteGave native doctor millions to be a millionaire.
The native doctor must be a fraudster.
Ole gbe, ole gba.
Stupid girl...
ReplyDeleteThey employ mostly yorubas and hide their crimes. That's how a yoruba employee of sterling bank in one of d south south states printed my account statement without my consent for my estranged spouse . My lawyer wrote the bank and they covered it up, didn't have sufficient cash to take up the matter. I still have a photocopy of the legal document and can send it to u Stella. Honestly a lot of crimes go on in banks and the culprits are shielded
ReplyDeleteNde bank a sef.
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