Kano State police command have arrested three suspected fraudsters who’s speciality is defrauding POS agents, filling stations and super markets.
This was contained in a press statement which was signed by DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the spokesman of the command.
According to him, the suspects were arrested after following a complaint on 12th December 2021 that a syndicate of fraudsters were defrauding members of the public especially super markets and filling stations.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Samaila Shuaibu Dikko, who received the report, immediately gave an instruction to a team, Operation Puff Adder to arrest the culprits.
Kiyawa stated that the police arrested one Ibrahim Sulaiman, who confessed that Salihu Dauda Muhammad, the second suspect, bought his GT Bank ATM card at the rate of N10,000.
Following the arrest of the second suspect, Lawan Bala Sa’idu, also known as Alhaji, the syndicate leader, was also arrested.
Lawal the leader of the gang confessed that they have been defrauding POS agents especially at filling stations, supermarkets and shops within Kano metropolis. He further explained that usually they go to supermarkets, filling stations, make purchases or collect cash and after making payment via POS they fraudulently reverse the money back into their accounts.
Kiyawa said the police recovered five GT Bank ATM cards, one UBA ATM card, one Union Bank ATM card, one Sterling Bank ATM card and 18 pieces of different POS transaction receipts from the suspects.
Investigation is in progress and suspects will be charged to court afterwards. he said
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