Two suspected internet fraudsters who hacked into an old-generation bank stealing a whopping sum of over 523 million naira in one day have been apprehended.
According Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Police Special Force Unit, PSFU, SP. Eyitayo Johnson, the Legal Section of the Police PSFU, Ikoyi-Lagos; headed by CSP. E. A. Jackson has successfully obtained an order of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for the Preservation/Forfeiture/Attachment of a net sum of over 523 million naira fraudulently transferred by internet fraudsters who hacked a customer’s account domiciled in one of the Old-Generation banks and posted the funds into 18 different accounts in the same Bank before transmitting same to 225 other accounts in 22 banks/financial institutions.
The coordinated cyber-attack was carried out during the weekend of Saturday, April 23, 2022.
In the course of the investigation, the sum of over N160 million has been recovered from different banks; with two suspects arrested, while operatives are following other leads in order to apprehend the remaining members of the syndicate.
He said the suspects would be charged to Court as soon as investigations are concluded.
Commissioner of Police, PSFU, Anyasinti Josephine Nneka, has advised banks and financial institutions on the need to increase their Cyber-Security Surveillance, and conduct routine background checks on staff who have login privileges that could be compromised to make banks porous to cyber-attacks.
The CP equally tasked the public on the need to investigate sources of unexpected inflows into their accounts. Where such funds are found to have been wrongly credited, the recipient should cooperate with their banks and make conscious efforts to reverse/re-route the same,as utilizing such funds is a criminal offence.
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