Five members of a syndicate which specializes in using people's SIM cards to steal money from their bank accounts,have been arrested by Operatives of the Zone 2 Police command in Onikan,Lagos.
The gang members allegedly use their victims' SIM card to decode their Bank Verification Number(BVN) for easy access into their bank account.
DSP Hauwa Idris Adamu,Spokesperson of the Zonal Police Command said the suspects comprised a female and four male. She gave their names as: Daniel Asigbe,Frank Opara,Ikechukwu Aigbe,Seun Dairo and the female among them,Goodness Ndukwe.
She said;
"Operatives of Zonal Monitoring Unit have arrested a syndicate of five persons comprising four males and one female who specialised in stealing and transferring funds from people's account through their SIM Cards.
"It all started on June 20,when Daniel Asigbe,25, stole a Samsung X9 from a barbers's shop at the Lekki area of the State. The said Asigbe,removed the SIM Card and gave it to Ikechukwu who fraudulently got the owner's BVN and sent the same to one Yel,e (Currently at Large). Yele later generated and gave Ikechukwu the account owner's transfer pin.
"Ikechukwu,then,transferred N2,300,000 from the account to the third accomplice,Seun Dairo,19,account. He also purchased N20,000 worth of airtime from the account. Meanwhile, Seun had given his ATM card to Frank Opara,21, apparently for another deal."
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