The punch newspaper reports that the Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of two members of a syndicate linked to the hacking of no fewer than 1000 bank accounts.

According to Punch reporter Amarachi Okeh, the spokesperson for the Police command, Superintendent of Police, Hauwa Idris-Adamu, in a statement on Tuesday said the suspects specialized in hacking local banks were nabbed at their hide out in Ijebu ode, Ogun State following a petition by UBA. SP Idris- Adamu identified the suspects as Yusuf Ademola 40 and Adeshina Abiodun 50, efforts to arrest others are on.

Based on this petition, the AIG raised a team of detectives from the Zonal Monitoring Unit who swung into action with the aid of modern technology and the two suspects were tracked down. The suspects confessed to the crime claiming they have many syndicates all over the country. They revealed that they use software to hack into customers account and move money undetected from banks. They do this by using customer’s BVN linked phone numbers and bank alerts for easy transfer of money. The police said over 1000 customer’s accounts have been hacked and defrauded across the country.