Bello Saheed Samuel, an employee of an investment company have been before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing ₦90 million belonging to his employer.
Samuel, who was working in the finance department of the company, was alleged to have fraudulently stolen the N90 million through a series of insider fraud.
He was arraigned in court for offences bordering on Conspiracy and Money Laundering following his arrest by the police special fraud unit in Ekiti where he allegedly escaped to after stealing the money.
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The spokesperson for the Police fraud unit, DSP Ovie Kenneth Ewhubare in a statement on Tuesday Bello Samuel had absconded from Lagos with members of his family to an unknown destination and cut off all means of communication in an attempt to evade justice when his fraudulent activities were discovered.
He however added that operatives of police fraud unit after searching for him across several states in the South-Western part of the country, eventually arrested him at Oye-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
The Police spokesperson added that investigation revealed that Bello Samuel habitually laundered the proceeds of fraud through the bank accounts of friends and relatives in order to conceal the source of the funds.
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He added that while the suspect is facing trial, investigation is still ongoing to arrest all other suspects involved in the crime.
“The Commissioner of Police, Police Special Fraud Unit Lagos, CP Kayode Ojapinwa, while reiterating the Unit’s resolve to tackle financial crimes, he advised well-meaning Nigerians and corporate organizations to always engage in lawful transactions and strengthen internal control mechanisms, particularly in monitoring employees, to prevent insider abuses” the statement concluded.
