Deborah Tella, who is 39 years old, was charged at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday. She is accused of stealing N8.9 million from her employer’s business.
The defendant was prosecuted for fraud and theft. She worked as an administrative support officer for a company and lived at 8, Akinwunmi Street, Egbe, Ikotun in Lagos State.
The prosecutor, Insp. Innocent Odugbo, says she committed the crimes at Everhealth Multi-Dynamic International Limited on Akowonjo Road in Egbeda, Lagos State, between June 14, 2021, and June 21, 2022.
Odugbo said that the defendant made some fake accounts and regularly put fake orders in them to try to change the company’s online trading platform.
Furthermore, Odugbo claimed that the defendant distributed products and made weekly bonus payments into the several false accounts she set up.
Additionally, the prosecutor claimed that the defendant took some firm property that was intended to be used as client recompense.
“The total amount of money and goods stolen was N8.9 million; the property of her employer, Everhealth Multi-Dynamic International Limited,” he said.
The prosecution claims that the offences violate Sections 287 and 390 of the Lagos State Criminal Laws of 2015.
However, the defendant entered a not-guilty plea to the accusations.
The defendant was given a N2 million bail with two sureties each guaranteeing the same amount by the magistrate, Mrs. M.F. Onamusi.
The case was postponed until December 12 for mention by Onamusi.
