Meet Mr and Mrs Mbonu a couple who defrauded Fidelity bank of N32M

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, arraigned the duo of Austin Mbonu and Nnenna Mbonu, a.k.a. Chika Mbonu, alongside their companies, Global Steno Nigeria Limited and Nestins Global Links Limited, before Justice O. A. Taiwo of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

They were arraigned on a 20-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N32,507,628.08 (Thirty-Two Million, Five Hundred and Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty-Eight Naira, Eight Kobo).

One of the counts reads:


“That you, Austin Mbonu, Nnenna Mbonu (a.k.a. Chika Mbonu) and Nestins Global Links Limited, on or about the 30th day of June, 2017 at Lagos within the Lagos Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, conspired to obtain the sum of N14, 145,686.95 (Fourteen Million, One Hundred and Forty-five Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty-Six Naira, Ninety-Five Kobo) from Fidelity Bank Plc as the cost of facilitation of a Local Purchase Order, LPO, Contract from Chivita Nigeria Limited.”

Justice Taiwo adjourned the case till February 2, 2018 for hearing of the bail application and ordered the defendants to be remanded in the EFCC custody.