Find the EFCC press statement below...
A suspected fraudster, who defrauded a group of Bureau de Change operators of $18,600,290 USD and disappeared after he was granted administrative bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been re-arrested. Alhaji Saidu Hashim was picked up by operatives of the Commission from his hide out in Lagos.
Alhaji
Hashim who is the owner of Amjigar Bureau de Change Limited alongside
one Ahmed Bashir allegedly defrauded a group of 52 bureaux de change
operating under the aegis of Association of Creditors of Amjigar Bureau
de Change, of the sum of $18,600,290 (Eighteen Million, Six Hundred
Thousand, Two Hundred and Ninety Dollars) between August and October
2008.
The suspect is alleged to have
collected the money and diverted it for his personal use thereby failing
to honour his financial obligation to the group.
The
suspect who was first arrested by the EFCC was granted administrative
bail prior to his arraignment in court but jumped bail, thereby stalling
his prosecution. But his accomplice, Ahmed Bashir is currently standing
trial at the Federal High Court, Kaduna.
The fraudulent activities of the suspect and his disappearance brought told hardship to his victims and their dependants.
Alhaji Hashim will soon be arraigned in court.
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