POLICE NAB 44-YEAR-OLD MAN FOR ALLEGED FRAUD, 31 ATM CARDS CONFISCATED
Operatives of Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 44-year-old suspect, Michael Joseph, for attempted fraud and confiscated 31 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards of different banks in his possession.
Joseph, of Gada Biyu, was arrested by detectives attached to the B' Divisional Police headquarters of the command.
The suspect was alleged to specialise in defrauding people by swapping their ATM cards and withdrawing money from their accounts.
Report available indicates that on the 30th November 2022 at about 1320hrs that on the same date at about 1054hrs Salome Aliyude (female)of Yandoka Barracks, Bauchi went to the first bank main branch situated along Banks Road for a transaction, While at the ATM queue, the suspect insisted to know the type of ATM card she was using for the transaction. In this manner, she was not comfortable with his curiosity and she quickly reported him to the bank securities.
Following the development, an investigation was instituted which subsequently led to thirty-one Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards of different banks found in the possession of the suspect.
The suspect confessed that he hails from Benue State, and came to Plateau state for seeking a job. He has been a bus driver for 3yrs in Jos, Plateau State. He further stated that he was introduced to the fraud activity by one Magaji (male)of Kano State when they met at a beer parlor in Jos, Plateau State.
Information available indicates that the suspect gathered ATM cards from different banks and went to a nearby bank and hunt for a help-seeking person who cannot operate ATM.
The suspect easily gets the ATM card pin of his victim when he assisted a non-consenting person with an ATM transaction, where he quickly swaps the victim’s ATM card with an old ATM card from the same bank in his possession.
Furthermore, the suspect was alleged to have successfully defrauded the sum of eighteen thousand naira (N18, 000.00) of his first victim at Access Bank Plc, while the second victim defrauded twenty-five (N25, 000.00) at Micro Finance Bank, all in Plateau State.
As he succeeded in two distinct fraudulent activities, he decided to fly to Bauchi State in a bit to further his fraudulent activities but met his waterloo when he attempted to defraud a lady at the First Bank ATM gallery situated at banks road, Bauchi.
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