Police arrests three for ATM card swap in Kaduna

Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested three suspects involved in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) swap in the state.

The police also recovered 54 ATM cards with a Point of Sale machine (POS).

The spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Kaduna.

He listed the suspects as Umar Ya’u, Abdullahi Bukar, and Hussaini Sulaiman.

The spokesman added that the suspects were known for loitering around ATM machines where they pretended to assist individuals who were unfamiliar with the machines.

READ ALSO: Police arrests man for alleged ATM fraud in Enugu

He said: “On August 27, at about 23:00 hours, following credible intelligence, police operatives nabbed three suspects involved in ATM card swap fraud through a well-coordinated operation.

“The suspects were known for loitering around ATM machines where they pretended to assist individuals who were unfamiliar with the machines.

“In doing so, they would deceitfully swap the victims’ ATM cards, allowing them to carry out unauthorised withdrawals.

“54 ATM cards of different banks and a PoS machine were recovered from the suspects, which they confessed to getting by defrauding multiple victims across Kano, Kaduna, and Zaria.”

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now