Two suspected fraudsters, Yusuf Ademola and Adesina Olawale Abiodun, who were arrested by the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in charge of Lagos and Ogun states, have confessed to hacking over 1,000 bank accounts.
Ademola 40 and Olawale Abiodun (50) were tracked down in their hideout in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, by detectives from the Zone 2 Command.
In their confessional statements to the police, the suspects said they had hacked the accounts of over 1,000 banks’ customers.
Ademola said, “Our members are spread all over Nigeria. We use software to hack into customers’ accounts and move their money undetected.
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“All we need is to have a would-be victim’s BVN number which is linked to his or her phone and bank alert for easy transfer of the money.
“We have successfully hacked the accounts of over 1,000 customers across the country.”
The spokesman of Zone 2, SP Hauwa Idris Adamu, who confirmed the arrest, said their arrested was sequel to a petition from the United Bank for Africa (UBA) to Assistant Inspector General of (AIG) Police, Mohammed Ali, on how the syndicate defrauded some of their customers.
She said the suspects, who were the heads of the syndicate, specialised in internet fraud and that they had hacked into various banks in Nigeria, most especially UBA.
She further said, “Based on the petition, the AIG raised a team of detectives from the zonal monitoring unit who swung into action with the aid of modern technology.
“Two suspects, Yusuf Ademola and Adesina Olawale Abiodun, were tracked down at their hideout at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.”
