Rowly Isioro an assistant
general manager with one of the first generation banks in Nigeria has been
sacked over his involvement in Business email compromise scam.
Isioro did not just lose
his job. Flagged by the FBI, he and his wife, Ovuomarhoni Naomi Isioro a
business woman, have been arrested by the EFCC.
The couple allegedly
laundered $1.49m through Ovuomarhoni Naomi’s bank account in Nigeria.
Their arrest followed a
petition received by the Commission from the US Federal Bureau of
Investigation, FBI, through the office of the Legal Attache, United States
Consulate, Lagos, about their alleged involvement in computer-based fraud,
stealing and money laundering.
So far, investigation
revealed that Naomi met one Michael Uziewe (who is still at large) in Atlanta,
Georgia, United States of America, sometime in 2016, and introduced her to
foreign exchange business. Through this encounter, Naomi and her banker husband
turned their two registered companies, Marhoni General Services Limited and
Multaid Plus Limited, into conduit for the dispersal of funds wired by Uziewe,
who allegedly owns Global Investment network.
Naomi, in statements
volunteered to the Commission, confirmed she had been receiving monies in
Dollars, with instructions to pay the naira equivalent into accounts provided
by Uziewe.
Facts have also emerged
that each time Naomi received the Dollar transfers she makes over the counter
withdrawals, in breach of financial regulations that such transactions go
through the financial system, and sell them to Bureau de Change operators for
Naira equivalents.
Rowly Isioro, a banker of
over 22 year’s experience has also confessed that he was aware that someone his
wife met in United States of America, sends her Dollars, while she pays the
naira equivalent to various accounts on the instruction of the US-based
partner.
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