bank syndicate steals customers N75million

 By Patience Ogbo

Seven staff of bank PHB  are  in the police custody for allegedly defrauding the bank of N75million.

 The suspects include Idowu Makunjuola, Akinwale Olugbemi an administrative manager, Ajunwa Solomion, Peter Tarie, Isacc Ukpe , Kehinde Aiyebodofor and Gabriel Onigboke.

 Also arrested in connection with the fraud are Abiola Ologodade, Bode Olofin and Ajayi Abayomi suspected to be the brain behind the fraud.

 The suspects were arrested by officers of the State Criminal investigation department Panti Yaba on  January 28^th following complaint by the bank .

Police spokes person Samuel Jinadu said the suspects were able to hack into the accounts of the customers  with   a device called  Key logger.

 According to the police, a keg logger popularly known as an extractor is used by fraudsters to access the passwords of customers and other bank transactions illegally and at their convenience, they can withdraw huge sum from such accounts.

“the kingpin of this syndicate is Ajayi Abayomi an ex staff of the  new generation bank,  from our investigations, they specialise in hacking into the account of the bank  with the use of a device called keg logger,

Ajayi has an insider in the bank who he gives the key logger to, and he also recruited some beneficiaries who opened accounts with the bank, when the insider studies the modus operandi of the bank and when no one is noticing, the insider will insert the keg logger into the desktops of the staff and there extract information from the desktops, they successful withdrew N75million the management of the bank noticed that a huge sum was siphoned and they reported to the police.”Mr. Jinadu a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) said

Mr. Abayomi however denied the allegation, “I don’t know anything about this crime, the police is trying to rope me in ; I got the key logger through a parcel for some people in the bank, so I don’t know anything about the money “He said.

Mr. Olugbemi the administrative manager of the bank also said he     is innocent.

“I am the admin manager at the Surulere branch of the bank, that day, 21^st of January, one Isaac, who works with our maintenance department came to me with a device, he asked me to charge it for him, on my desktop, I went to see our manger and before I came back, I called Isaac to come and collect the device that I was going to the local government council,

shortly after, our corporate auditor called me and asked me about the device I told him that I was charging it so they said I should follow them to Panti that I will explain myself there, it was when we got to Panti that I saw the other suspects; there is one man called Alake, who  allegedly masterminded this fraud, he can explain better. But as for me, they just asked me to charge the device I never knew it was used for fraud” said Mr. Olugbemi.

 Mr. Ukpe, a maintenance officer with the head office of the bank said the fraud was well planned.

“it was Abayomi that came to me around 15^th of December and discussed the keg logger with me , he told me to contact somebody  working in the bank and I contacted Akin, it was Abayomi and I that went to Akin to give him the device at  their  Bode Thomas branch at Surulere, so the fraud was well planned,  Abayomi told him to insert the device and he should leave everything to him; we were to get certain percentage if the deal succeeded  but now I feel bad about my role in the fraud”Mr. Ukpe said.