Two suspected fraudsters, who specialise in hacking accounts of banks’ customers to move their money have been arrested.
The suspects, 40-year-old Ademola Yussuf and 50-year-Adesina Abiodun were reportedly arrested by detectives from the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, after a complaint was lodged by one of the affected banks
The image maker in charge of Zone 2 Police Command, Hauwa Idris Adamu in a statement, signed by her on Tuesday said ” On the 8th of May 2023, a petition was submitted by United Bank for Africa (UBA) to the Assistant Inspector General of Police that there are some syndicates that specialize on internet fraud of various banks in Nigeria most especially United Bank for Africa (UBA), in which they hack into customers,’ accounts and move their monies.”
“Based on the petition, the AIG raised a team of Detectives from the Zonal Monitoring Unit, swung into action with the aid of modern technology, two suspects; Yusuf Ademola ‘m’ aged 40 years and Adesina Olawale Abiodun aged 50 years were tracked down at their hideout at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.”
The Zone 2 Police image maker also added that ” The suspects confessed to the crime that they have many syndicates all over Nigeria and that they use software to hack into customers’ accounts and move their money undetected from any bank they wish.”
She pointed out that ” However, the modus operandi of these fraudsters is to have a customer’s BVN linked phone number and bank alert for easy transfer of the money.”
“Consequently, over 1000 customers’ accounts have been hacked and defrauded across the country. Further investigation into the incident revealed that members of the syndicates were drawn from different parts of the country.”
According to her ” Efforts are on top gear to arrest all suspects connected with this crime. ”
“In the interim, the investigation is still ongoing and suspects will soon be arraigned in court upon completion of investigation,”the Zone 2 police spokesperson added.
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