(surname withheld), who works for
a Professor in Magodo area of
Lagos State, has narrated how he
stole and cloned his employer’s
Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
Card to steal about N3 million from
his account.
Mayowa also stated that he used
his mastery of Information
Technology (IT) to prevent his boss
from receiving alerts on the
withdrawals from his account.
The suspect was arrested few days
ago by operatives of the Rapid
Response Squad (RRS). He however
blamed the act on ignorance.
Two other persons Opeyemi and
Jeremiah (surnames withheld), who
were used by the driver to withdraw
money from the account and to buy
goods have also been arrested by
the police.
Mayowa told Lagos Metro that, “I
took the card from him when he
misplaced it and I hacked into his
bank account with software
application.”
The suspect, who insisted that he
was not maltreated by the victim,
also stated that he used credit card
revealers to get the necessary
information that helped his gang to
perpetuate the crime.
He added that they collected only
about N200, 000 cash from the
account and that he used a large
chunk of the money for shopping.
Unknown to the driver, his boss had
reported the incident with the police
at RRS and he drove the Professor
to the police office, when he was
arrested.
Opeyemi, a teenager, who was
arrested alongside the driver,
confessed to Lagos Metro that he
participated in the spending of the
money but claimed that he thought
the money belonged to Mayowa.
Opeyemi said “He told me that the
card belonged to him. I used to see
him as an area brother. I thought
that he was a ‘yahoo boy’. I did not
know that he stole professor’s ATM.
The 15-year-old boy also added that
“he gave the card and the PIN to
me and asked me to go to different
places to be buying many things like
iphone, iPad, computer systems,
mobile phones and other things.”
Jeremiah insisted that he only took
Opeyemi to the different places,
where the card was used, because
he claimed not to know the places.
The Lagos Police boss confirmed
the arrest of the trio and warned
employers of domestic staff to
always be careful with the kind of
sensitive items and information that
they allow them access to.
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