Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a man accused of bypassing a microfinance bank's security systems to gain unauthorised access and allegedly receive N700 million in stolen funds, according to Legit.ng. The arraignment marks the latest enforcement action by the anti-graft agency targeting financial crime. Further details of the charges and the defendant's plea were not immediately provided in the report.
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