Bank worker hacks into customers’ accounts, steals N3m
A worker with a bank in Lagos State, identified only as Bunmi, has been declared wanted for allegedly defrauding some customers of the bank.
Bunmi allegedly hacked into customers’ bank accounts and diverted over N3m into some private accounts.
It was gathered that the fraud was uncovered after owners of the accounts complained about their disappearing funds, which made the bank to institute a probe.
The bank management reportedly blocked the accounts into which the funds were transferred.
Police spokesperson, CSP Dolapo Badmos, said further investigations led to the arrest of Bunmi’s accomplices – Babalola Akinyele, aka Olumba; and Adeshina Adenekan, aka Oluwo Ake.
She said that the two men tricked the account owners into releasing the numbers, adding that the duo shared the proceeds of the fraud with the prime suspect, who was at large.
Badmos said N3m had so far been traced to the suspects.
She said, “Between November 2017 and January 2018, the Zone 2 Police Command, through its Zonal Intervention Squad, arrested two suspects who were members of a fraud syndicate. They specialised in hacking into bank accounts.
“One of the suspects, Babalola Akinyele, operated with one Bunmi, a worker at Zenith Bank. Bunmi’s role is to hack into customers’ accounts and transfer money into different bank accounts supplied by Adeshina Adenekan, who thereafter withdraws the money with different Automated Teller Machine cards and returns same to the syndicate.
“Akinyele and Adenekan receive 10 per cent each of the proceeds from Bunmi, the arrowhead of the fraud.They withdrew the money with ATM cards because they did not want to enter into banking halls and be caught. So far, N3m has been traced to them.
“We urge members of the public to be careful and not disclose their Bank Verification Numbers and phone numbers to strangers because these are the things they use to access funds. The case is under investigation and effort is on to arrest the bank worker, who is at large.”
Akinyele, 35, an indigene of Ondo State who claimed to be working for a bet company, said he met Bunmi at a car wash.
