Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a banker, Soberechukwu Inya Ewa and a Point of Sales, POS, cashier, Azubuike Mamwu Obasi for currency racketeering as they were allegedly selling new naira notes to customers for commercial purposes.
Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity of the Commission disclosed this in a statement on Friday night.
According to the statement , 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 statement said preliminary investigation showed that Ewa, a banker, allegedly specialises in selling new naira notes(currency racketeering) of different denominations to POS cashiers for commercial purposes while Obasi was caught engaging in currency racketeering by charging fees for new naira notes.
He was arrested while in possession of N554,600.00 ( Five Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand, Six Hundred Naira)
The two suspects would soon be charged to court.
