Four Fidelity Bank officials disappeared with depositors N200 million, according to information obtained by ENigeria Newspaper.
According to intelligence reaching this publication, Fidelity Bank Plc, led by Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, which prides itself on being a bankable brand in the financial sector, has hit an all-time low following the collaboration of four of its top personnel in a multi-million naira heist of the bank’s clients.
We learned that some fraudulent have perfected the skill of evading the bank’s security systems, a trend that has caused alarm among depositors while also having a negative influence on the bank’s dividend payouts to shareholders.
We learned that four Fidelity Bank Plc workers, together with eleven accomplices, are currently on trial in a Lagos High Court for allegedly robbing the bank of N200 million in depositors’ funds.
Olusegun Babasola, Abisola Ahmed, Uchechukwu Uma, and Jude Alphaeus, four Fidelity Bank employees, were charged alongside eleven others: Adeowale Jeff Johnson, Ogubiukwu Peace Chinenye, Olanrewaju Joseph, Alabi Adeola Abiodun, Umaru Hamsu, Olagbaju Oladayo, Afeez Mudashiru, Ayokanm
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission – EFCC, charged all 15 defendants with two counts of conspiracy and theft.
The 15 defendants, according to the EFCC’s head of legal and prosecuting counsel, A. B. C. Ozioko ESQ, committed the alleged felony in Lagos.
4 Fidelity Bank officials rob bank of N200 million depositors fund
Fidelity Bank Branch
The EFCC’s lawyer told the court that the defendants’ actions were in violation of Sections 278(1)(2), 285(1), and 9(b) of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2011.
Onovae Oghenovo, the head of Fidelity Bank’s Internal Audit and Investigations Division, had petitioned the EFCC, detailing how fraudulent transfers totaling over N150 million were made from the accounts of Fidelity Bank Motor Vehicle Insurance sinking fund/5080019844 and Interswitch Ltd/5080119696, OVH Energy Marketing Ltd/4010015571, and FSL Securities LTD/4010051187 (customers of the bank).
In the petition, Oghenovo stated that an internal investigation is still underway to determine the actual amount, and that the relevant transactions were completed using ATM debit cards that had been fraudulently attached to the accounts.
“After fraudulently priming and linking the debits to the aforementioned accounts, the fraudsters proceeded to make a variety of ATM cash withdrawals, POS transactions, bill payments, and ATM fund transfers.
“Preliminary research also revealed that 22 of the debit cards used to commit the frauds were cloned because their PAN matches those of some of the bank customers,” Oghenovo stated.
Preliminary investigations, according to Oghenovo, revealed that the fraudulent transactions were completed using the user credentials of two bank employees, Jude Alphaeus and Uchechukwu Uma.
“However, both Jude and Uma stated that their subordinates, namely Ann Obiakor, Adesina Abosede, Andrew John, Olusegun Babasola, Chinedu Aharanwa, Ifeanyi Dike, Sunday Adaraloye, Ahmed Ajisola, Oluchi Ifedigbo, Mac Donald Louis, and Toheed Ajoa, are being investigated.
According to the internal investigation, Omidiji Joseph Olarewaju’s FCMB account number 3218570016 received a fraudulent proceeds of N150 million and then transferred the sums of N7.17 million and N14.43 million to Waltham BDC and Findrex Aviation business school account numbers 0022550922 and 2031957515, respectively, with Union Bank of Nigeria and First Bank of Nigeria.
“Also, Yusuf Samuel, Alabi Adeola Abiodun, and Ojelabi Sunday Adeyemi, with account numbers 5909407018, 2803961017, and 5835504010, respectively, received sums of N1.95 million, N2.94 million, and N1.5 million from FCMB.
“Also, both Olusegun Babasola and Ahmed Ajisola (now at large) viewed the victims accounts prior
The case has been postponed until September 28, 2021.
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