An Ikeja High Court has sentenced three men to two and a half years in prison for stealing N480,000 belonging to Skye Bank Plc.
We learnt trouble started for the convicts, James Ettete, Ekene Jude and Abidemi Adesanya when the management of the bank petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over their fraudulent activities.
They were operating as a syndicate of fraudsters, who specialised in stealing bankers’ identity, to enable them effect fraudulent wire transfers from unsuspecting and well-funded customers’ account.
They contacted some employees of the bank to join the syndicate. However, the staffers informed the bank and were asked to play along. They were later arrested by operatives of the EFCC.
The convicts were first arraigned in May 2014 on six counts bordering on conspiracy to commit felony, forgery and the use of false documents.
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye found them guilty on all the counts and convicted them accordingly. The sentence is to run from the day of arraignment.