Crime and Law
Fraudster arrested with 14 stolen ATM cards in Katsina
Bishir Abdullahi, a notorious fraudster has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command.
He was arrested after he was caught with 14 stolen Automated Teller Machine (ATM) debit cards and accused of defrauding his victims of over N2.7 million.
The arrest, made by an alert police officer at a Bank branch in Tudun Katsira area of Katsina, unveiled a sophisticated scheme of ATM card swapping and fraudulent withdrawals targeting unsuspecting bank customers across the State.
The spokesperson of the command, Sadiq Abubakar, paraded the suspect alongside others arrested for various crimes at the police headquarters on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
According to the PPRO, the 37-year-old suspect had used the stolen ATM cards to withdraw amounts ranging from N49,000 to N900,000 from victims’ bank accounts.
Preliminary investigations linked him to multiple incidents, with a total of N2.7 million stolen.
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