Nigeria Charges Six Mid-Level Central Bankers With Cash Fraud
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Six Nigerian central bankers were charged with fraud in an 8 billion naira ($40.2 million) currency “scam”, according to the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Sixteen commercial bankers were also charged with conspiring with the Central Bank of Nigeria regional executives in a “mega scam involving the theft and recirculation of defaced and mutilated currencies,” the Abuja-based EFCC said in a statement dated Sunday on its website. The suspects will appear at the Federal High Court in the southwest city of Ibadan from Tuesday to June 4.