The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a woman, Salt Adaeze Udoka, before the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, over an alleged N18 million fraud.
Udoka was arraigned on Tuesday before Justice F. Olubanjo on a one-count charge bordering on the alleged fraudulent possession of N18 million said to belong to an unsuspecting victim, Mrs. Angela Anyekpe.
According to a statement shared on the EFCC’s Facebook page on Thursday, the defendant is accused of unlawfully taking possession of the sum of N18 million, an offence said to be contrary to Section 18(2)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, and punishable under the same law.
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The anti-graft agency alleged that the money was fraudulently obtained from the complainant, Mrs. Angela Anyekpe.
The case forms part of the EFCC’s ongoing efforts to combat financial crimes and bring perpetrators of economic and financial offences to justice.