ATM FRAUD: Enugu Police Arrests Suspect
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by Our Correspondent
An alleged Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card fraudster who have been terrorizing customers in some banks in Enugu metropolis may have met his waterloo as he is been arrested by the police.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, made the revelation in a statement on Saturday, April 23, stating that the feat was achieved by operatives attached to the New Haven Police Division within the metropolis on April 16 at about 9a.m.
Ndukwe giving insight to how the suspect was apprehended, said police operatives arrested one Chukwudi Chukwu, 25, at an ATM point along Chime Avenue, Enugu.
“His arrest led to the recovery of a yellow-coloured Bajaj tricycle with registration number: ENU 677 WW, used by the suspect and his gang for operation and nine ATM cards of different banks.
“The suspect, whose arrest was due to a swift response to a distress call and his rescue from an angry mob by police operatives, is alleged to have fraudulently swapped a victim’s UBA ATM card.
“This the suspect did after offering to assist process his victim’s transaction on another bank’s ATM, with the intention of defrauding her.
“He confessed to the crime as well as being a member of the syndicate that specialised in unsuspectingly swapping ATM cards of their victims at banks’ ATMs with non-functional cards.
“This manipulative move they use to fraudulently obtain funds from their victims accounts,’’ the police spokesman said.
“To this end, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, has applauded the peace-loving residents for their assistance in the fight against criminals and their activities.
“He, however, pleads with all and sundry to quickly submit arrested criminals to the police for proper investigation and prosecution, rather than indulge in mob actions that are tantamount to jungle justice,” the PPRO urged the public.
Discrete investigation to arrest other members of the syndicate, including the suspect’s accomplices who escaped on the said date of the arrest has commenced, according to him.
