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Two arrested for hacking into over 1000 bank accounts in Lagos

05 Jul 2023
Two arrested for hacking into over 1000 bank accounts in Lagos

Zone 2 of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), which includes Lagos and Ogun, has detained two men who specialise in hacking into bank customers' accounts.

The two suspects' detention was verified by the command's spokeswoman, Hauwa Idris-Adamu, in a statement released on Tuesday in Lagos.

She claims that in May, the force worked on a United Bank for Africa (UBA) petition.

She revealed that the culprits were located and detained at Ijebu Ode in the state of Ogun.

“On the 8th of May 2023, a petition was submitted by United Bank for Africa (UBA) to the AIG that there are some syndicates that specialise in internet fraud of various banks in Nigeria, most especially United Bank for Africa (UBA).

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

“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 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 money transfer.

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

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

Idris-Adamu continued by saying that additional inquiries into the incident showed that the syndicates' members came from various regions of the nation.

She added that increased efforts were being made to apprehend everyone involved in the crime.

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