32-year-old woman arraigned for allegedly defrauding firm of N2.9bn
A 32-year-old woman, Ijeoma Iwegue, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Sabo-Yaba, Lagos, for allegedly hacking into a company’s account and transferring N2.9 billion from it.
Iwegue, whose residential address was not given in court, pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge bordering on fraudulent transfer preferred against her.
The Prosecuting Counsel, A. O Nwabueze, told the court that Iwegue and one other still at large committed the offences on Feb. 5 and Feb. 7 at Plot 8, Providence Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.
Nwabueze alleged that Iwegue and her accomplice, unlawfully logged into the financial portal of Flutterwave Technologies Solution Ltd. and fraudulently transferred N2.9 billion.
He submitted that the defendant allegedly made transfers to several cohorts and investigations showed that she personally received a total sum of N821 million into two separate accounts numbers.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offence Act 2006.
According to him, the offence is punishable under sections 314 and 328 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatubosun, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N20 million with three sureties in like sum.
Olatubosun ordered that one of the sureties must be a land owner within the court’s jurisdiction and show evidence of three years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
She adjourned the case until July 31 for mention.
