Bank Driver Arrested with 19 ATM Cards and N652,000 Cash

The suspect
was using the cards to withdraw money from an ATM at Ogba branch of GTB
on July 26, 2012, around 8: pm. But for a security guard who raised the
alarm, he would have been successful with his booty. Continue……

According to the Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Umar Manko, the suspect had withdrawn N652, 000 from the ATM
by the time he was arrested.

The suspect is claiming that:  “I
usually loan people money and I’ve been doing it for over a year.
Whenever I loan people money, I will collect their ATM cards and their
Personal Identification Numbers. When they repay me, I return their
cards to them.

“However, if they don’t pay me back in cash, I go to withdraw money from their accounts through the ATM.”

When quizzed on where he got the money which he lent people, he said he was into various kinds of businesses.

He also said he had friends in the banking sector who helped him with funds.

He
said, “I am a very hard working person. I joined Zenith Bank as a
driver over three years ago and in less than a year, I bought a tricycle
which I leased to another driver that gives me returns on a regular
basis.

“The following year, I bought two tricycles
bringing the total number to three. I make N150, 000 monthly from the
tricycles and N60,000 from my salary. I also get credit facilities
through my connections in the banking sector.

“On the day I was arrested, I went to
withdraw money on Thursday night with some of the cards when a security
guard raised the alarm. I did not steal those cards. I know the owners
of the cards and I have their numbers on my phone.”

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Punch Metro