Court Convicts POS Operator For Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Thursday,
secured the conviction of one Ibrahim Ozevehe Nasir before Justice
Darius Khobo of Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on one count charge
bordering on theft.

The convict fraudulently withdrew the sum of N736,603 from the
account of a 72-year-old retiree after stealing his SIM card in the
process of helping him to transfer some money to an
acquaintance.

The defendant’s journey to prison began when he was approached
by a customer (the nominal complainant) to help transfer some money
to an acquaintance. The customer added that upon handing his phone
to the convict to extract the account details for the transaction,
the convict mischievously and fraudulently removed the SIM
card.

He did not suspect any mischief until he got home and noticed he
had lost his SIM card. The following day, he went to his Service
provider for a welcome back. Later that evening, upon the
reactivation of his SIM card, he noticed that the sum of N736,603
had been withdrawn from his account.

The one-count charge on which Ibrahim has been convicted reads;
“That you Ibrahim Ozevehe Nasir ‘m’ on or about the 24th of May,
2021 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kaduna
State committed theft of the total sum of N703,000 (Seven Hundred
and three thousand Naira) only by taking it out of the possession
of Mr. Akebe Haruna’s bank account domiciled in First Bank Plc with
account number 3004560019 and thereby committed an offence contrary
to Section 270 (1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law 2017 and
punishable under Section 271 of the same Law’.

He pleaded guilty to the charge, prompting the prosecuting
counsel, E. K. Garba to ask the court to convict the defendant
accordingly. But the defence counsel, Simon Nnadi urged the court
to temper justice with mercy as the defendant was a first-time
offender.

Justice Khobo sentenced the defendant to five years imprisonment
with the option of a fine of N100,000.

The convict has since restituted the nominal complainant of the
sum obtained by him.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Thursday,
secured the conviction of one Ibrahim Ozevehe Nasir before Justice
Darius Khobo of Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on one count charge
bordering on theft.

The convict fraudulently withdrew the sum of N736,603 from the
account of a 72-year-old retiree after stealing his SIM card in the
process of helping him to transfer some money to an
acquaintance.

The defendant’s journey to prison began when he was approached
by a customer (the nominal complainant) to help transfer some money
to an acquaintance. The customer added that upon handing his phone
to the convict to extract the account details for the transaction,
the convict mischievously and fraudulently removed the SIM
card.

He did not suspect any mischief until he got home and noticed he
had lost his SIM card. The following day, he went to his Service
provider for a welcome back. Later that evening, upon the
reactivation of his SIM card, he noticed that the sum of N736,603
had been withdrawn from his account.

The one-count charge on which Ibrahim has been convicted reads;
“That you Ibrahim Ozevehe Nasir ‘m’ on or about the 24th of May,
2021 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kaduna
State committed theft of the total sum of N703,000 (Seven Hundred
and three thousand Naira) only by taking it out of the possession
of Mr. Akebe Haruna’s bank account domiciled in First Bank Plc with
account number 3004560019 and thereby committed an offence contrary
to Section 270 (1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law 2017 and
punishable under Section 271 of the same Law’.

He pleaded guilty to the charge, prompting the prosecuting
counsel, E. K. Garba to ask the court to convict the defendant
accordingly. But the defence counsel, Simon Nnadi urged the court
to temper justice with mercy as the defendant was a first-time
offender.

Justice Khobo sentenced the defendant to five years imprisonment
with the option of a fine of N100,000.

The convict has since restituted the nominal complainant of the
sum obtained by him.