Tuesday, 24 December 2013

N15bn bank fraud a Briton and 2 Nigerians arraigned.


According to sunnewsonline, a Briton, two Nigerians and their firms were yesterday docked before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over alleged N15 billion bank fraud.  
The accused persons, Gareth Wilcox, Prince Johnson Adeyeba, Uche Uwechia and their firms, Ibom Power Company as well as Lyk Engineering Company Limited were arraigned by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police  on behalf of the Federal Government and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission (NDIC) before Justice Mohammed Yunusa.

SFU slammed the accused with a 21-count amended charge bordering on fraud, appropriating various sums of money from the defunct Gulf Bank to the use of Ibom Power Company and Lyk Engineering Limited, bridging loan facilities and taking overdraft facilities without due process among others.

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