A Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court situated in Lagos docked a 34-year-old banker, Ramon Rilwon-Olayiwola for allegedly stealing N11 million from bank customers’ accounts.
The suspect who lives in No. 8, Sultan Bello Street, Owutu, Ikorodu is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing and pleaded not guilty for the two-count charges.
Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Edet Okoi told the court that the defendant committed the offences on July 22, at about 7:20pm, at Access Bank head office in Lagos.
He alleged that the defendant, an employee of Access Bank Plc., while working at the bank’s Contact Centre Executive Unit, used his position to fraudulently access customers’ details and withdrew money from their accounts.
Okoi alleged that the defendant withdrew N11 million from customers’ accounts.
“The defendant conspired with some other employees to change some customers’ details on the system and made unauthorised withdrawals from their accounts without the customers’ consent.
“During internal investigation, which the bank carried out, the CCTV footage showed that it was only the defendant that used the system for accessing customers’ details on the said date,” he said.
Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias granted the defendant N5 million bail with two sureties in the like sum and adjourned the case till September 29.