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Further evidence has revealed how four (4) staff of Fidelity Bank Plc, Olusegun Babasola, Abisola Ahmed, Uchechukwu Uma, Jude Aphaeus compromised the database of the bank to steal N874 million.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the four staff connived with a non-staff of the bank identified as Omidiji Joseph to steal the N874 million belonging to five corporate customers of the bank.
They hacked into the database of Fidelity Bank and cloned more than 22 ATM cards used to steal and divert the N874 million for personal use.
Presenting a third witness against the 4 Fidelity Bank staff in the ongoing trial, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tendered a DVD of the CCTV footage of the bank as evidence.
Babasola, Ahmed, Uma, Aphaeus, and Joseph are being prosecuted for the alleged N874 million fraud before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State.
The defendants are being prosecuted by the EFCC on two counts for their various roles in the hacking of the bank’s database and cloning of more than 22 ATM cards used to steal and divert to personal use about N874 million belonging to American International Insurance Company Limited (AIICO), Interswitch, OVH Energy Marketing Ltd, Fidelity Bank sinking fund account and FSL Securities Ltd.
They had pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, prompting their full-blown trial.
At today’s proceeding, the third prosecution witness, Chimdinma Peter, an operative of the EFCC narrated to the Court the findings of the EFCC’s investigation into the alleged fraud.