A Kaduna man identified as Nureedeen Siraj has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to hacking into the portal of Zenith Bank to steal N3.4 million.
According to EFCC, Siraj was arrested following credible intelligence that he used a rogue code to hack into the portal of Zenith Bank after which he credited his account with the bank with the sum of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).
He was subsequently arraigned before Justice A. Isiaka of the State Court by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on a one-count charge, bordering on theft to the tune of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).
The charge reads: “That you, Nureedeen Siraj ‘M’ sometime in December, 2022 in Kaduna State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly took out of possession of Zenith Bank Plc in the sum of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) only into your Zenith Bank Plc accounts without the consent of Zenith Bank Plc, thereby committed Theft an offence contrary to Section 270(1) of the Penal Code Law, 2017 of Kaduna State and punishable under Section 271 of the same Law.”
He pleaded “guilty” when the charge was read to him, following which prosecution counsel, Y.J Matiyak urged the court to convict and sentence him accordingly, which met no opposition from defence counsel, Fatima Ustaz.
Justice Isiaka sentenced Siraj to two years imprisonment or to pay N300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) fine. In addition, he is to restitute the sum of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira), being the proceeds of crime to his victim.
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