Three employees of Zenith Bank Plc national headquarters, Ajose Adeogun street, Victoria Island, Lagos State, have been arrested by the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos for their alleged involvement in a $2m fraud.
Police said that a senior official of the bank, Ms. Olubukola Oritogun, and two others allegedly defrauded unsuspecting customers of the money. A fourth yet-to-be identified person is said to be on the run.
It was gathered that Oritogun and her accomplices were allegedly in the habit of informing wealthy customers who wanted to buy dollars that there was a dollar account in the bank that they could purchase them from.
The source, who requested anonymity said, “Oritogun would inform some persons that if they wanted to buy dollars, it was available in the bank. She would make the account details available to the customer. Unknown to the victim, the dollar account is owned by another customer of the bank.
“The victim would then ask his own contact in the bank to check the account. Once it was confirmed that the account was indeed funded with dollars, the victim would then transfer the naira equivalent of what he wanted to buy to Oritogun in exchange for the dollars.”
She was said to have defrauded several persons in that manner until a complaint was lodged at SARS.
On the day of Oritogun’s arrest, she had already booked a flight to the United States and was preparing to flee the country.
It was learnt that the police had recovered N166m of the stolen funds.
The bank’s spokesperson, Mr. Victor Adoji, when contacted, said, “We actually detected the fraud first. We subsequently made a report to the Special Fraud Unit and they have started investigation. Some of our employees were arrested in connection with the case.
Na wa oo.
Culled from a report by COMFORT OSEGHALE
Bankers r gangsters n fraudsters
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DeleteKai see greed!
ReplyDeleteZenith does not give loans to their customers yet their staff specialize in stealing from their customers. Nonsense bank.
ReplyDeleteI guess ur not rich poor u! Deal with it, its a bank for the elite go drink in r own stream
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DeleteKai Dan these Zenith lovers don finish u o sorry bro
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DeleteVery nonsense bank
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DeleteTheir men are frudsters and their women are ashawos
ReplyDeletePlease that's an unkind and unconfounded statement
DeleteLeave it for them. They like it like dat.
DeleteYou that you are not fraudster and ashawo are probably the best citizen of Nigeria. Congrats.
DeleteOnly a fool will make such a sweeping and hurtful statement
DeleteUr talkin tru ur a** smh calln ppl bad names wat a baseless statement
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DeleteWho's talking about unkind words here? When fraud is involved,?is that not somebody's hard earned money?
DeleteWhy is it so common with Zenith? There must be something about the bank culture and the way staff is treated
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with u Uju,there must be. They put so much pressure on their women & men to meet up with unreasonable targets so instead of being sacked,they quickly enrich themselves & resign.
DeleteIf zenith won't pay der staff ;d staff go pay dem selves shikena. Even Bible talk say every labourer is worthy of his wages.
ReplyDeleteIf der men r fraudsters n d women ashawos...den u wey dey collect/sleep wit dem u sef be d devil himsef. Comon get out dia.
ReplyDeleteThat’s what am talking about! !! $2 million no be small money
ReplyDeleteThis should be the highest banking fraud!kai
ReplyDeletebank fraud not banking fraud...You are probably a zenith staff to blow that kind of grammar. Thank me later
DeleteThey employ the prettiest women for the sole purpose of bringing in money by any means necessary. Majority of their men are fraudsters & majority of. their women are ashawos,that the truth.
ReplyDeleteWell since that's the truth,how does it concern all y'all?
DeleteIt concerns us,as patriotic citizen's of this country. We need to warn people,they need to know.
DeleteNonsense bank,fakers,crooks. Can do anything for customers,bring money that"s all they care about. Can't even give customers the smallest loan. They want u to make money & just come & dump for them there,mscheeeew!!
ReplyDeleteAll banks are the same,they want to declare the highest profit but they can't even pay their staff well for slaving for them.
ReplyDeleteThe women are holding the banner now,its a clear case of what a man can do,a woman can do better.lwkm
ReplyDeleteLmao! So many pple are looking for loans and they are d bitter ones commenting.kikikiki
ReplyDeleteI know it'll either be in Lagos or Abuja. I hear they even use Jazz on customers. People beware,their women are the most aggressive banker that even staff of other banks dey fear dem.
ReplyDeleteThis is so unfair,I.am a proud customer of Zenith bank & get good service there. I bet the people talking ill of them are staff of other banks. They are now doing their owm marketing here. Haters!
ReplyDeleteAll yee women out there be very worried if ur hubby or bf banks with zenith and even more worried if the account officer is female, fair and pretty, den na midnite prayers cos ur gonna loose both the man + his money
ReplyDeleteIf she's a lady account manager be very very afraid. A word is enuff for the wise cos these ladies are husband and money snatchers. I don tok my own *dropsmic*
ReplyDeleteThe way I see it is that any responsible and right thinkng man won't bank there unless he is a Womanizer but if you want serious banking then go to those banks that employ ugly women. It's not rocket science.
ReplyDeleteLwkm...like UBA or FBN.lol
DeleteIf i were to choose bwn zenith and any other bank i would choose zenith cos the neva ve those long winding queues, they v pretty ladies attend to u in an atmosphere that serene and clean, the ambience is great too, so why wont it cost u money? Good food na money kill am
ReplyDeleteI thought Zenith bank staff are the highest paid bankers in Nigeria. Do they need a salary increase?
ReplyDeleteOya ndi Zenith bank,make una answer na. How much dem dey pay una?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they are well paid but their women are kinda greedy.
ReplyDeleteYes@Titi. Its only greed that can make one commit fraud & living above ur means.
ReplyDeleteIt can only be greed and it has pervaded our society not just banking or is Stella Oduah a banker? Women and fraud, they hit hard. smh
ReplyDeleteYes Zenith bankers are the highest paid,no joke.its a good bank but you cannot be everything to every customer.Nigerians find it tough to get loans because there is no general database in the country so if a customer scrams with the money he borrowed,you cant get him,that's why if you Cannot prove beyond reasonable doubt that you can secure the loan and pay back when due.nothing for you.On the other hand any staff that chooses to defraud the Bank or sleep for money does so for personal reasons.its greed and not because they are not well paid.Very classy Bank that has come a long way.
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