The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned an employee of Union Bank Plc., Danasabe Ibrahim, and three others for allegedly defrauding the bank of N2.05bn.
Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo ordered that the accused persons be remanded in Kirikiri prisons after they pleaded not guilty to all the three counts preferred against them.
Ibrahim, 47, was arraigned along with Salihu Mahmoud, 34; Friday Isaiah, 33; and Samuel Azaaior, 30.
The accused persons were charged with three counts of conspiracy to defraud, unauthorised access to computer and unauthorised modification of computer data.
They were said to have on January 9, 2013, along with others (at large), fraudulently transferred N2.05bn from the General Ledger Account of the Jos Branch of Union Bank to the bank accounts of some bureaux de change domiciled in Marina and Moloney Street, Lagos.
The beneficiary of the fraudulent transfer, according to the EFCC prosecutor, Mr.Kayode Oni, were Gona Bureau de Change and Dankawa Bureau de Change.
The transfer was allegedly done by hacking into the bank’s data base, known as Flexcube.
Justice Lawal-Akapo ordered that the accused persons remain in prison pending the hearing of their bail applications fixed for November 26.
Ibrahim stated his address as Union Bank Plc, Jos Market Branch in Plateau, while Mahmoud lives at 339, Borno Way, Alagomeji, Yaba, Lagos.
Isaiah and Azaaior stated they were living at Fuduna and Rukabu areas of Jos, respectively.
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