Man Poses As Stanbic IBTC Staff To Defraud Customers At ATM

Tope Olajide, a 22-year-old, was arrested while illegally withdrawing Stanbic IBTC customers' money. Before his arrest, Olajide was assisting the bank's customers at the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in order to swindle the customers.

It was gathered that he had withdrawn NGN427,000 from two customers' accounts, and remained at the ATM stand pretending to help customers while reportedly devising means to switch their ATM cards.

Olajide had allegedly stolen the ATM in his possession and converted them. Olajide's activities at the ATM stand was captured by the CCTV, leading to his arrest by security operatives on Thursday, August 27, 2020. He was later arraigned at the Ikeja Magistrate Court on Monday, September, 14, 2020.

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He was arraigned for stolen ATM cards that belonged to two bank customers and fraudulently withdrawing N427,000 with the stolen cards. With claims that the 22-year-old is a staff of Stanbic IBTC, the bank distanced itself from Olajide.

Stanbic IBTC stated that Olajide had never been a staff of its institution. The bank also warned customers to be careful of how they handle their bank details when conducting any transaction at ATMs, “The Bank would also like to implore members of the public to be security conscious when conducting transactions at ATMs.

"Customers are advised to report any suspicious actions around them to security operatives who are usually stationed around the Bank’s ATMs, when carrying out transactions at any of our ATM locations,” Stanbic IBTC said.