The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one Judith Nneka Nwagwu, a United Bank for Africa employee, before Justice D.A. Onyefulu of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha on a seven-count charge of forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N452,047,000 on Wednesday.
Ms Nwagwu is accused of defrauding a complainant, for whom she was his account officer, of N192,000,000 (one hundred and ninety million naira), by claiming that the bank had $400,000 for sale at a rate of N480 per dollar.
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Her employers also filed a complaint with the commission, stating that the defendant falsified two fixed deposit certificates and illegally received a total of N260,047,000 (two hundred and sixty million, forty-seven thousand naira) from a customer while claiming to fix the money for him.
“That you, Judith Nneka Nwagwu, while an employee of the United Bank of Africa Plc Onitsha Branch, sometime in 2021 within the jurisdiction of this court, did make a false document titled “Malaexchio Global Limited with the value of N141,347,289,25 knowing same to be false and with the intent that it may be acted upon as genuine to the prejudice of Anthony Unigwe and United Bank For Africa Plc, and you committed an offence
When the allegations were read to her, she pled not guilty, prompting prosecution attorney Michal Ani to request a trial date. Justice Onyefulu set her bail at N10 million, with a guarantee in the same amount. The surety must be a resident of the court’s jurisdiction.
The case was adjourned by Justice Onyefulu for trial on May 11th, 26th, and 8th, 2022.