Nigeria, June 17 -- The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, sentenced Solomon Ufayo, a staff member of Ecobank Plc, to one year in prison for cybercrime involving N2.4 million.

The conviction followed Mr Ufayo's arraignment on 16 May, before trial judge Yellim Bogoro.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned him on one count of cybercrime.

According to EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale on Monday, Mr Ufayo was accused of fraudulently impersonating a customer of the bank, Ogunfodunrin Omowunmi Ajoke, between 10 and 28 March.

Mr Oyewale stated that while serving as a Relief Teller, Mr Ufayo allegedly manipulated deposit and withdrawal tellers on the customer's Ecobank account (No. 2801086259), enabling him to...