Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Orbby Vanessa Agwuncha, a compliance officer at Bill Interserve Global.
Gatekeepers News reports that Agwuncha allegedly failed to appoint a compliance desk officer and put in place programmes to prevent money laundering and other financial crimes. She was arraigned before the federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday.
In a statement on Thursday, EFCC said Agwuncha faces a two-count charge relating to money laundering and was accused of failure to designate at management level a compliance officer within any strata of the company.
The agency said the offence breaches section 10 (1) (a) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, which requires financial institutions to develop programmes to combat the laundering of the proceeds of a crime or other unlawful acts, and these shall include – (a) the designation of compliance officers at management level at its headquarters and at every branch and local office.
Agwuncha pleaded not guilty to the charges. J.N. Dogonyaro, prosecution counsel, requested that the court fix a date for trial, while the defence sought bail for the defendant.
Presiding judge Obiora Egwuata granted bail in the sum of N50 million with two sureties of the same amount. He ruled that the sureties must be at least grade 16, own verifiable landed property in Abuja with a certificate of occupancy, deposit their travel documents with the court, and obtain court permission before traveling outside the country.
The judge ordered that Agwuncha be remanded at the Kuje correctional facility pending fulfillment of bail conditions. The trial was adjourned to February 16, 2026.
