Oyogist.com has learnt that a certain Point of Sale Fraudster, Austin Christopher has been apprehended by members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today.
The accused was charged for stealing N150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) from his victim.
Thee prosecuting counsel, Agbo S. Abuh, Etim who runs a PoS business, told the court that Austin made fraudulent withdrawals on two occasions, which led to his bank withholding his account from further transactions.
Etim said;”On August 10, 2020, the accused came to my shop to make cardless withdrawals with my Access bank PoS. I asked him how much and he said a hundred and fifty thousand naira.
“In cardless withdrawals, the person will have to come with account number and the SIM card will be used to receive alerts.”So I collected the account number from him, inputed it in the PoS and, because Access bank cardless withdrawal limit is N50,000 only, I had to repeat it three times, which amounted to the N150,000. His account was debited with the sum and mine was credited with the said amount.
“I gave him cash of N150,000 and he gave me N2,000 as service charge. The accused left and came back on August 18, 2020, to carry out same transaction with different account numbers.
“I suspected fraud and secretly took pictures of the accused with my PoS without him knowing because the PoS is an android PoS with camera. The transaction was perfected and the accused left,” the witness said.
“I continued transacting business that day till the following day, when I Couldn’t make any withdrawals from my account” Etim said.
The Accused (Austin) later came back to his shop and was apprehended and handed over to the EFCC.
