The Katsina State Police Command yesterday paraded Adewumi Gabriel, Head of ATM Operations at a new generation bank’s Daura branch, for allegedly conspiring with a colleague to embezzle N18 million from a customer’s account. Adewumi confessed to collaborating with his accomplice, David Mesioye, who is currently at large.
The duo exploited their knowledge of the bank’s operations to carry out the theft, which was discovered during an audit. According to the Katsina Police Command’s spokesperson, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, several exhibits were recovered from Adewumi, including N10.18 million from his various bank accounts and N366,900 in physical cash, along with other valuable items.In an unrelated incident, 37-year-old Bishir Abdullahi, a resident of Sokoto State, was apprehended at an old generation bank’s ATM in Katsina with 14 stolen ATM cards in his possession.
According to the police, Abdullahi was a notorious fraudster specializing in swapping ATM cards of unsuspecting individuals at ATM points. His arrest was made possible by a police officer on duty at the bank’s Tudun Katsira quarters branch in Katsina metropolis, who grew suspicious of Abdullahi’s activities around the ATM machine.
“Upon instant search, 14 suspected stolen ATM cards of different banks were found in his possession.“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had been using the stolen ATM cards to withdraw sums of money from his victims’ accounts.
“The total amount withdrawn by the suspect from the victims’ accounts is N2.705million. The suspect will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.”
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