Police arrest six bank hackers over N5million theft
The hackers specialise in making illegal bank withdrawal through phones stolen from victims of robbery
Operatives from the
Anti-kidnapping and Cybercrime Unit of the police in Edo State have arrested six suspected bank hackers who stole N5 million from a victim’s account.
The suspects, identified as David Ogunowo, Abiodun Adesina, Yusuf Ademola, Balogun Hakeem, Adetono Lukeman, and Adesola Kayode, were arrested on Friday.
They were said to have withdrawn the money through a Point of Sale (POS) operator in Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State after the victim’s phone was stolen during a robbery operation in October in Benin City.