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EFCC Arraigns Hacker For N68bn Theft

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dissent

From a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC):

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 20, 2015 arraigned one Stephen Omaidu before Justice M. A Nasir of Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja on a two count charge bordering on theft to the tune of N68,028,000,000.00 (sixty eight billion and twenty eight million naira).

Omaidu, in connivance with Alhaji K. B Kabiru, Godswill Oyegwa, Ben and Oliver (all at large) allegedly hacked into the server of a second-generation bank and transferred the sum of sixty eight billion, and twenty eight million naira into different accounts for personal gains.

Read more on Sahara Reporters. They don’t report the name of the hacked bank.

TIL: 68,028,000,000.00 Nigerian Naira = US $341,500,560.00


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