A BANK EMPLOYEE RECEIVES SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR A N21.8 MILLION FRAUD.

Omosanyin Eniola, an account officer, was given a seven-year prison sentence for cheating the government out of N21.8 million by a Lagos Magistrate’s Court in Yaba, Lagos.

Omosanyin was sentenced by Chief Magistrate Linda Yetunde Balogun after being found guilty of two of the seven charges brought against him by the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Ikoyi, Lagos.

He had been charged by the police with conspiracies, fraud, and check theft.

The banker, 40, was charged with conspiracy and was accused of defrauding the government out of N21.8 million. Magistrate Balogun determined that the prosecution had effectively established these accusations beyond a reasonable doubt and sentenced the banker to seven years in jail.

However, the court exonerated the banker from four counts that were related to forging Spring Bank checks, which he used to do the crimes.

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The banker was sentenced to one year in prison on count one without the possibility of a fine and seven years on count two with the possibility of paying N21.8 million in compensation to the victim of the fraud.
Daniel Apochi, the prosecution attorney, informed the court that the defendant committed the crimes between 2011 and 2014 while employed as an account officer at the Lagos headquarters of Heritage Bank.

The investigation police officer (IPO), Mr. Jim Omoruyi, the fraud victim, one A. Adeleke, and a bank executive were the three witnesses the prosecution called during the trial.

A copy of the Heritage Bank petition to the police, the defendant’s confessional testimony, the victim’s account statement, some of the Spring Bank checks used to withdraw the money, and other evidence that were permitted by the court were also presented by the prosecutor.

According to the prosecution, his offense is punished under Section 409 of Lagos State’s 2011 Criminal Law.
Additionally, it violated Section 278 (1) (b) of the Lagos State Criminal Legislation of Nigeria from 2011 and was unlawful, for which Section 285 (7) of the same law provided a penalty.