POS operator jailed for stealing N97,000 from a customer’s account

A POS operator, Eunice Owonibi, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for withdrawing N97,000 from a customer’s bank’s account without consent in Ushafa community in Bwari Area Council of the FCT.

The 20-year-old defendant was convicted on Wednesday for debiting the amount using the customer’s ATM card, while the customer had requested for only N3,000 withdrawal from her account. CONTINUE READING>>>

Prosecuting counsel, Ojo Idowu Esq, told the court that the defendant told the customer, Faith Okpanachi, from the same community, that the withdrawal was not successful due to bad network, only for the customer to later discover that N97,000 was debited from her account.

The Judge, Abdulrahman Ibrahim, said the court was convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the suspect was guilty of the crime going by a bank account statement bearing the complainant’s name tendered by the prosecutor which indicated that the withdrawal was made.

He, therefore, sentenced the POS operator to six months imprisonment with an option of N20,000 fine.

Owonibi was equally ordered to pay N97,000 to the complainant, being the amount she was found to have illegally withdrawn from her account.