The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a fraud syndicate comprising eight men before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly hacking into the server of an electronic platform, ITEX Integrated Services Limited, and stealing N435.3m.Information Guide Nigeria
The defendants including Adigun Benjamin, Aderuku Adedayo, Awopetu Tosin, Ajibade Ayomide, Ojo Olwaseun, Miller Oluwafemi, Olaleye Samuel and Ajibade Ayodeyi, are facing charges bordering on conspiracy, hacking, stealing and fraud preferred against them by the police.
According to PUNCH, the prosecutor, Morufu Animashaun, told the court that the defendants jointly hacked the company’s server and defrauded the company of N435, 386, 699. 99.
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He told the court that the first defendant benefitted the sum of N29.9m, while the second defendant received N51m, with the third N19m and fourth defendants benefitting and N20m. She added that the fifth to eighth defendants benefitted from the sums of N13m, N3m, N13m and N20m respectively.NYSC Portal
According to PUNCH, the offences committed contravened Sections 8(a), 1(1)(a), 2(a) and 7(2)(b)of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
All the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.
However, the prosecutor asked the court to remand them till the determination of the charges against them.
Speaking, the defendants’ counsel, F. F. Abisagbo, said he had filed his clients’ bail application and the same had been served on the prosecution.
The court also confirmed that the defendants’ bail application was not before the court.
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa ordered that the defendants be remanded in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Services.JAMB Result
The cases has been adjourned till April 27, for the commencement of trial.
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