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Appeal court affirms the conviction of Francis Atuche, a former managing director of Bank PHB, over N25.7 billion fraud.
CASE NUMBER 10933:
Appeal court affirms the conviction of Francis Atuche, a former managing director of Bank PHB, over N25.7 billion fraud.
Alleged Perpetrators(s)
Francis Atuche
Location (Town / State)
Lagos, Lagos
Date of Event
23 Jun 2022
Date of republication
23 June
every year
Case category (Choose all that apply)
embezzlement
fraud
Case Summary
The Lagos division of the court of appeal has affirmed the conviction of Francis Atuche, a former managing director of Bank PHB, over N25.7 billion fraud.
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The court, in its judgment delivered on Thursday, also affirmed the conviction of Ugo Anyanwu, Atuche’s accomplice and co-convict who was the bank’s former chief financial officer.
The three-member panel of justices comprising Sadiq Umar, Adebukola Banjoko, and Kayode Bada also affirmed the acquittal of Atuche’s wife, Elizabeth. The EFCC initially declared Atuche wanted over an alleged fraud of N56 billion, after which he was detained for interrogation at the Ikoyi office of the commission.
The EFCC had later arraigned Atuche, his wife, Elizabeth, and Anyanwu for their involvement in a N25.7 billion fraud. In June 2021, Atuche and Anyanwu were convicted of N25.7 billion fraud. While Atuche got a six-year sentence, his co-convict was sentenced to four years imprisonment. Lateefat Okunnu, the high court judge, noted that both convicts defrauded the bank using well-recognized stockbrokers to transfer money under the guise of loans and Shares.
“It was a well-planned, well-executed scheme but the bubble burst when the Central Bank of Nigeria intervened,” she had said.
Not satisfied with the high court judgment, Atuche filed an appeal.
The appellate court, however, upheld the conviction and unanimously dismissed the appeal.
External links/URLs
https://www.thecable.ng/n25-7bn-fraud-appeal-court-affirms-conviction-of-atuche-ex-bank-phb-boss
https://nairametrics.com/2021/06/17/julius-berger-plc-showing-resilience-by-plugging-the-leakages/
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