Bureau de Change operator docked for allegedly swindling businessman

A Bureau de Change operator, Jamilu Mu’azu-Umar , was on Wednesday docked in a Sharia Court in Kano State for allegedly swindling a businessman of N200,000.

Mu’azu-Umar, who lives at Dorayi Quarters, Kano, is charged with criminal breach of trust and cheating.

The defendant, however, pleaded guilty to the charge.

The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Bashir Mukhtar-Bello, who resides in Fagge Area of Kano, reported the matter at the Fagge Police Station, Kano on May 25.

Wada told the court that the complainant gave the defendant N500, 000 to change it to Saudi Riyal.

He alleged that the defendant changed only N300, 000 and converted N200, 000 to his personal use.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 202 and 206 of the Penal Code.

The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N20, 000 with one reliable surety, who is a blood relation.

Lawal-Abubakar adjourned the case until June 9, for summary trial.