Police arrest syndicate hacking bank customers’ accounts

The officers of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested two men, who allegedly specialise in hacking bank customers’ accounts.

The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, disclosed the arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday.

Idris-Adamu said the arrest followed a petition received from a Tier-1 bank by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of the Zone comprising Lagos and Ogun states, Mohammed Ali.

He stated: “They hack into customers’ accounts and move their money.

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“Based on the petition, the AIG raised a team of detectives from the Zonal Monitoring Unit, which swung into action with the aid of modern technology.

“The two suspects were tracked down at their hideout at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.

“They confessed that they had many syndicates all over Nigeria and that they used software to hack into customers’ accounts and move their money undetected from any bank.

“The modus operandi of these fraudsters is to have a customer’s BVN-linked phone number for easy transfer of money.

“Consequently, over 1,000 customers’ accounts have been hacked and the customers defrauded across the country.”

She noted that further investigation into the incident revealed that members of the syndicates were from different parts of the country.

The police spokesperson said that efforts were being intensified to arrest all those connected with the crime.

Idris-Adamu added that an investigation is ongoing, saying the suspects will be arraigned upon the conclusion of the investigation.

The Star