Two Access Bank workers jailed for ATM fraud

Two workers of Access Bank, Agbo John Agama and Edoh Steve, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after admitting their guilt to a one-count charge of using unauthorised access device to scoop money from an account operated by Mejuru Chibueze Gospel on January 8, 2021, in violation of the cybercrime act to the tune of N9.4 million via ATM.

Justice Mojisola Olajuwon of the Abuja Federal High Court, Abuja, while delivering the judgement also ordered the two convicts to pay a fine of N100,000 each to the Federal Government of Nigeria and restitute the victim in the sum of Two Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira each.

The convicts were prosecuted on one count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.

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The charge reads, “That you, Agbo John Agama “M” and you Edoh Oga Steve “M” while being employees of Access Bank Plc Makurdi Branch and others now at large, on or about the 8th day of January, 2021 at Makurdi, Benue State of Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, used an unauthorized access device to wit: a primed ATM Card on Account No. 30041040648 being operated by one Mejuru Chibueze Gospel with Access Bank resulting a loss of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N9,400,000) Only to him, thereby committed an offence, contrary to Section 33(2)(b) of Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same section of the Act “

The defendants pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against them. In view of their plea, prosecuting counsel, Mary Onoja asked the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.