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EFCC Nabs Banker, POS Agent for Alleged Currency Racketeering in Rivers

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that its Port Harcourt commission has arrested a banker, Soberechukwu Inya Ewa, and a Point of Sales (POS), cashier, Azubuike Mamwu Obasi, for allegedly selling new naira notes to customers for commercial purposes.

The EFCC who disclosed this information on their X handle (formally twitter) on Sunday said that the suspects were arrested in the early hours of Friday, February 15, 2024, at Ecobank, Rumuobiakani and Maddox Night club, new Government Reservation Area, GRA, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The commission explained that preliminary investigation showed that Ewa, a banker, allegedly specialises in selling new naira notes of different denominations to POS cashiers for commercial purposes.

While Obasi, the POS cashier, was caught engaging in currency racketeering by charging fees for new naira notes.

The command added that, Obasi was arrested while in possession of N554,600.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand, Six Hundred Naira).

The EFCC however said that the two suspects would soon be charged to court.

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