The Niger state police command has arrested two suspects who confessed to hacking into banks and withdrawing money illegally. The suspects, whose names were given as Abdulmalik Usman and Najeeb Saidu, both of IBB Road, Hill Top, Minna, were apprehended by police operatives attached to some banks. Usman boasted of his ability to access any bank account using just a software. He said: “This is what I know how to do. I just installed the software in the system and it works like a magic; I can withdraw any amount I want.“The software can be used to withdraw money from any bank in Nigeria and you will begin to make your cool money without police hassles. They (police) don’t even understand how it works.”Northern City News gathered that the suspects had been involved in the crime for over three years before they were nabbed.The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar said police operatives recovered five Automated Teller Machine cardsbelonging to different banks, hard drugs and a Command Secondary School identity card from the suspects.He added that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as the police completed their investigation.The post Niger state police apprehends fraud suspects who use software to steal money from bank accounts appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
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