Lady, 24, Docked For Swindling Company N25.9m Through Ghost Card

MICHAEL AKINOLA 

Police operatives from the Ikotun Division have arrested a 24-year old lady, Alabi Omotayo, for allegedly swindling a company, DA Dollars Resources Global Company to the tune of the sum of N25.9m through ghost card credit in Lagos State. 

 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the ghost card is a type of credit or debit card that allows you to assign different card numbers to different departments within an organization, which the suspect allegedly used to siphon the money.

 

The incident happened at Ikotun Market on 22nd April, 2024.

 

Omotayo allegedly conspired with one other person now at large and stole the money in question. And she has been charged for conspiracy and stealing.

She allegedly conspired, stole the money and transferred into the ghost card belonging to the Company’s CEO without the consent of the company.

 

However, the information leaked and she was arrested. She was detained at the Police station for interrogation over the alleged conduct and was found culpable to have diverted the money for her own use.

 

Thus, she was charged before the Ejigbo Magistrate Court for the alleged offence, which attracts several years of imprisonment.

 

However, she pleaded not guilty.

 

The prosecutor, Inspector Simeon Njue, then asked the Court to give a date for hearing since she pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that she actually committed the alleged offence.

 

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. A.K. Dosumu-Uthman, granted her bail in the sum of N2m with two sureties in like sum, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and tax payment.

 

The matter was adjourned till 8th May, 2024, for mention while the defendant was remanded in custody at the correctional centre at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.