By Ofonime Honesty
The Akwa Ibom State Command of the Nigeria Police has disclosed that
four suspects have been arrested and charged to court in connection with
a case of a multi-million Naira advanced fee fraud.
Briefing journalists in Uyo, the Commissioner of Police, Don Awunah, said the suspects: Godwin Edokpolor, Chubuike Amadi, Maxwell John and Uchenna Onyekwere, confessed to have hacked into the account of a Diamond Bank customer and subsequently transferred the said amount of money into their (suspects) respective accounts.
Part of the CP’s statement reads: “Following report of internet fraud/ hacking sent to us by the Regional Manager of Diamond Bank Plc, covering the South South and South East region, that the account of a customer was hacked into and the sum of Forty Million, Six Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand Naira (N40,672,000.OOk) only was fraudulently withdrawn and transferred into various accounts, four suspects
have been arrested.”
“Upon interrogation, the arrested suspects owned up to the commission of the crime and have accordingly been charged to court and remanded in prison custody. The exhibit recovered from them comprised mainly of documents showing the transfer of the money.”
The CP stressed that development in any society will always be hindered when criminal activities go unchecked, and assured that the Akwa Ibom Police Command remains committed to the guiding principle of safeguarding the lives and properties of the citizenry.
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