EFCC Arraigns Female Banker for N452m Scam in Onitsha

A female banker identified as Judith Nneka Nwagwu has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Enugu Zonal Command on a seven-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N452,047,000.

Judith who was arraigned on Wednesday, 16th March 2022 before Justice D.A Onyefulu of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha, was a staff of the United Bank for Africa, UBA.

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 bank had $400,000 for sale at the rate of N480 per Dollar.

Her employers also petitioned the Commission alleging that the defendant forged two fixed deposit certificates and fraudulently obtained the total sum of N260,047.000 (Two Hundred and Sixty Million, Forty-Seven Thousand naira), Million, from a customer under the guise of fixing the money for him.