EFCC Charges Ecobank Employee Over N2.4 Million Cybercrime in Lagos

EFCC Charges Ecobank Employee Over N2.4 Million Cybercrime in Lagos

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, arraigned Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a Relief Teller at Ecobank Plc, on Friday, May 16, 2025, over an alleged cybercrime involving N2,404,000. 

The case was brought before Justice Yellim Bogoro at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The charge accuses Ufayo of fraudulently impersonating Ogunfodunrin Omowunmi Ajoke by manipulating deposit and withdrawal slips on her Ecobank account to unlawfully transfer funds into his personal Opay account between March 10 and 28, 2025. This act is said to violate Section 22(2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015.