POLICE NAB THREE SUSPECT FOR HACKING POS PLATFORM
Operatives of Oyo state police command have arrested three suspects for allegedly hacking a Point of Sale (POS) platform to steal N16 million in Oyo state.
The suspects identified as Sanmi Ayodeji, aged 29, Felix Oluwaseun, aged 24, and Adeleye Oluwaseun, aged 34, signed up on a POS platform using their bank verification numbers (BVN) and those of their friends and relatives without their consent.
Information available indicates that the suspects opened valid wallet accounts with the POS platform, bypassed the company’s network security system, and fraudulently transferred N16,149,195 from the platform to various online accounts from where they made withdrawals.
The suspects were arrested in Ibadan, Oyo state, by operatives of the (NPF) National cybercrime centre, after a complaint was lodged by the financial controller of the POS platform.
Upon their arrest, the suspects were found in possession of several mobile phones, POS machines, SIM cards, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Cards, and one Toyota Matrix car which they confessed was bought with proceeds of the crime.
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