The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday brought forward one Mary Ozala before Justice Kudirat. A. Jose of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja.
She was arraigned on a four count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences.
Mary Ozala
Three other suspects, Nwokeke C. Chukwunonso, Shedrach Umeh and Uchenna Okpala are currently at large.
22 year-old Ozala and her co-travelers are said to have hacked into the mail of th the complainant where they stole N2 million.
The defendant pleaded not guilty when the charge was read.
One of the counts reads: “that you Mary Ozala, Nwokeke C. Chukwunonso, Shedrach Umeh (still at large), Uchenna Okpala (still at large) on or about the 7th day of August, 2013 at Ikeja within the Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud conspire to steal the sum of N2,000,000.00 (two million naira) property of Capital Field Investment and Trust Limited. by hacking into an email account of the company’s investor, one Ronke Okewole and fraudulently instructing Capital Investment and Trust Limited to withdraw the sum of N2,000,000.00 (two million naira) from Ronke Okewole’s account to credit the account of one Ezeigwe Chinenye Henrietta with Zenith Bank Plc. Account no. 2009811047″.
The prosecution asked the judge to fix a date for the trial and also to keep the defendant in police custody.
The defence council however seeked bail, but asked the judge for a a short adjournment to allow him file a bailapplication for his client.
The case was adjourned to October 12, 2015. The defendant will be held under EFCC custody until the bail application is determined.
The EFCC had yesterday arraigned Ope Saraki, before Justice A.O. Faji of the Federal High Court, Ilorin for awarding contracts scams.
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