The Operatives of Police Zonal Monitoring Unit, Zone 2 Headquarters, have arrested a syndicate of five persons comprising four males and one female who specialises in stealing and transferring funds from people’s account through their SIM Cards.
The suspects, according to a press statement by the Zone 2 Police Public Relations Officer, DSP HAUWA Idris Adamu, started on Thursday, June 20, 2020, when one Daniel Asigbe ‘M', 25yrs stole a Samsung X9 from a barber’s shop in Lekki area of Lagos, he removed the SIM card and gave it to Ikechukwu who fraudulently got the owner’s BVN and sent same to one Yele ‘M’ (currently at large) who (Yele) later generated and gave Ikechukwu the account owner’s transfer PIN.
The statement further revealed that Ikechukwu, then transferred two-million and three hundred thousand naira (N2,300,000) from the account to the third accomplice’s (Seun Dairo ‘M’ 19) account, noting that he also purchased twenty thousand naira (N20,000:00) worth of airtime from the account.
It also indicated that Seun had given his ATM card to one Frank Opara ‘M’, 21 apparently for another deal.
The Zone 2 Police Commander, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Ahmed Iliyasu psc+, hereby advised members of public to quickly draw necessary attentions in case of loss of mobile phones, laptops and other valuable gadgets.
Investigation is in progress as suspects will be charged to court upon completion for prosecution, the statement concluded.
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