A man in Lagos is in the custody of the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force after it was revealed that he had opened 25 accounts all within the same bank.
39-year-old Okonkwo Nwachukwu is said to have opened the 25 accounts in Zenith Bank within the space of 3 days.
The accused was on his way to open the 26th account when he was apprehended by security officers.
The Eagle Online reports:
Detectives attached to the SFU believe that the suspect had defrauded many financial institutions. Nwachukwu however denied doing anything fraudulent with the several accounts, stressing that he had to open the accounts because of the cashless policy in Nigeria.
According to the SFU spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, a petition dated February 12, 2014 was received by the Commissioner of Police in charge of the SFU, alleging that Nwachukwu appeared at Amuwo Odofin Branch of Zenith Bank to open a savings account and presented an already completed savings account opening package with the name Obiozor Ifeanyi.
He had also identified himself as such with a National Identity Card.
The petitioner said that while the Customer Service Office was checking the documents, the suspect went to the Marketing Unit and collected another savings account opening package and completed same with another name, Ogueji Nnamdi, and returned to the Customer Service Desk and presented same for account opening with another National Identity Card bearing Ogueji Nnamdi.
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