67-year-old woman has been arraigned before the Lagos State
Magistrate Court at Igbosere, Lagos, for allegedly hacking into a First Bank
Plc account and stealing N16.2million.
The woman, Wuraola Folashade Oluloye, was arraigned on a
five-count charge of fraudulent diversion, was arrested following a complaint
from Solomon Akhanolu, Head of the Department of Forensic Auditors of First
Bank.
Oluloye pleaded not guilty to the five counts and was
granted bail by Folashade Olukoya, the presiding magistrate and the chief
magistrate of Igbosere court. She is to raise N500, 000 in bail bond and
provide two sureties in like sum.
Oluloye would be remanded in Kirikiri Prison custody until
she meets her bail conditions
George Nwosu, the prosecution counsel, said Oluloye
committed the alleged offences between last October 16 and December 31, at
First Bank’s Agidingbi Branch, Lagos.
He said the 67-year-old woman allegedly hacked the account
of a First Bank customer, Emefiele Ogbor, with account No 3014419974, and withdrew
N16,200,000 from there and transferred same to her accounts in Stanbic IBTC,
Union, Sterling and First banks.
Shortly afterwards Oluloye showed up at the bank to make
withdrawals from her account. Unknown to her, the police were waiting and she
was arrested.
The alleged offences contravened Section 287 of the Criminal
Law of Lagos State, 2015, the court heard.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
The case continues on June 24.
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