Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, December 6, 2019 convicted one Jules Suinner, who was arraigned by the EFCC in September 2016 on a six-count charge bordering on Conspiracy, Obtaining by False Pretence and Money Laundering to the tune of N37, 000, 000 (Thirty Seven Million Naira).
Suinner, together with his accomplice, hijacked the email address and letterhead of a company, Greenview Development Nigeria Limited, and used same to write a letter to Access Bank Plc to transfer the sum of N25m (Twenty-five Million Naira) to the account of ICT Aid Foundation Cooperative Society domiciled with United Bank for Africa, UBA.
Investigations showed that the money, which was transferred on July 14, 2015, had been fully withdrawn from the account by July 18, 2016. The convict, on July 22, 2015, also wrote to Access Bank Plc to transfer the sum of N12, 000,000 (Twelve Million Naira) to the account of one Tee-EM Nigeria Limited domiciled with UBA.
