FOR allegedly betraying the trust reposed in him by his employer as the officer in charge of payment of drivers’ retirement benefits and stealing close to Ten Million Naira (N10,000,000.00) from Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), Komolafe Oluwayomi of the Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos branch of the bank has been remanded at Ikoyi correctional facility.
When the alleged fraud was discovered, a lawsuit was filed by the bank against the 45-year-old banker by his employer.
He was alleged to have hacked into the bank’s system, stole Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty-Nine Naira (N9,989,000( from its account, and converted same to personal use.
When the matter was reported, Oluwayomi’s arrest was ordered by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Bar Beach Division, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The investigation team was led by Inspector Patience Eguabor.
Oluwayomi, who hails from Ondo State, resides at Unity Close, Ojodu, Lagos.
He was charged before the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos Island on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing.
Police prosecutor, Ben Ekundayo, informed the court that the defendant committed the offence during working hours at GTBank located at Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Ekundayo further told the court that the defendant betrayed the trust reposed in him by his employer as the officer in charge of payment of drivers’ retirement benefits by fraudulently including the name and account number of his friend in the retirement benefits payroll and used it to transfer the sum of N9,989,000 into his friend’s account as though his friend were a beneficiary of the retirement benefits and later transferred the money from his friend’s account to his personal account domiciled at GTB Bank and converted the money to his use.
He said the management of GTB uncovered the alleged fraud when it audited the drivers’ retirement payroll accounts.
Ekundayo said the offences the defendant allegedly committed were punishable under sections 411 and 287(7) of the Criminal Code Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges, and Magistrate M.A. Owunmi granted him N2 million bail with two sureties in like sum.
Magistrate Owunmi adjourned the case till 11 June and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Ikoyi correctional facility till he perfected his bail conditions.
Source: Platform Times Newspaper
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