January 12, (THEWILL) – Justice A. A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, has convicted and sentenced one Idris Musa to ten years imprisonment for Automated Teller Machine (ATM) fraud.
In a statement on Friday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said Musa was jailed on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, after pleading guilty to a one-count charge bordering on cheating.
Musa was arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC on a one-count charge.
The charge 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 Anti-graft agency stated, “The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him, which prompted prosecution counsel, M.U Gadaka to pray the court to convict him accordingly.
“Justice Bello, after that, sentenced and convicted Musa to ten years imprisonment or a fine of N200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira only).
“Musa’s journey to the Correctional Centre started when he was arrested for swapping ATM cards of unsuspecting victims under the pretence of helping them operate the payment machine. He was arrested on the premises of a bank with 48 ATM cards from different banks in his possession.”
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