- His arrest occurred on the premises of an undisclosed bank, where he was found in possession of 48 ATM cards from different banks
Justice A. A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court in Northwest Nigeria has sentenced Idris Musa to ten years in prison for fraudulently swapping 48 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards belonging to various bank customers.
Musa, arrested and charged by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), faced one count of cheating.
The EFCC revealed that Musa’s fraudulent activities involved swapping ATM cards of unsuspecting victims while pretending to assist them with the payment machine. His arrest occurred on the premises of an undisclosed bank, where he was found in possession of 48 ATM cards from different banks.
The one count against him reads, “You, Idris Musa, sometime in July 2022 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Idris Ismail by swapping his Zenith Bank ATM card under the guise of helping him withdraw money, an act which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 306(a) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 307 of the same law”
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him, prompting prosecution counsel, M.U. Gadaka, to pray the court to convict him accordingly.
In his ruling, Justice Bello convicted and sentenced Musa to 10 years imprisonment with the option of a fine of N200,000.
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