The operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have stated it apprehended three suspects, for allegedly conspiring to defraud a buyer by identification theft.
In an announcement issued by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, revealed that the suspects used the identification of an Australia-based Nigerian, Mba Ndukwe, to execute the forgery.
Based on the assertion, the suspects, recognized as Ndulaka Okwudili, Ifeanyi Nnamani, a former financial institution worker, and Philip Ozogwu, a Nationwide Identification Quantity (NIN) enrolment brokers had been arrested on October 18, 2024.
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Ndukwe famous that Okwudili admitted to discovering a bag containing numerous private objects, together with SIM playing cards, at Nowas Junction, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu, in October 2023.
“In January 2024, Okwudili inserted an Airtel SIM card from the bag into his telephone and acquired a considerable credit score alert. This prompted him and others nonetheless at massive to start withdrawing funds from the sufferer’s account utilizing USSD banking codes.
“Utilizing the fraudulent NIN, Nnamani reactivated the account and bypassed verification checks, together with the Financial institution Verification Quantity (BVN). Okwudili subsequently withdrew N100,000, giving Nnamani N50,000 as a ‘reward’ for his function.
“Additional withdrawals totalling N1.5 million triggered an alert on the financial institution’s Ohafia, Abia State, department, the place the account was initially opened. This led to the invention of the fraud and a report back to the police by the financial institution’s Enugu department.” the assertion added
The suspects had been charged with conspiracy, identification theft, forgery, and fraud earlier than the Enugu North Justice of the Peace Court docket.
Additionally, the court docket ordered the remand of Okwudili and Nnamani on the Enugu Most Custodial Centre, whereas Ozogwu was granted bail pending additional investigation.
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