Enugu police arrest two notorious bank fraudsters

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of a notorious bank fraud syndicate.

The group specializes in rapid transfer of money from one bank to another.

Police spokesman in Enugu State, Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, in a statement disclosed that the arrest followed a case of fraud reported at the command.

According to him, “a case of bank fraud to the tune of N318, 000, 000 (three hundred and eighteen million naira) was reported to the command by a new generation bank based in Enugu on 11/9/9/13 to the effect that there was rapid transfer of money in the bank without authorization”.

“Investigations commenced in full scale, which led to the arrest of one Chike Himalayais from Ezinihite Mbaise in Imo state and a staff of the bank at Agbani Road Enugu branch.

“He is a marketer of the branch and also doubles as an internet facilities assistant to the bank”, he stated.


He further disclosed that Chike allegedly sends out configured laptops containing the banks vital information to his collaborators, adding that “he spies on an account in the bank that has huge amount of money and supplies information to his cohorts who will now use internet device and the bank’s pin code, which he has already given out to his associates.

Also arrested is one Kingsley Ezeibieli from Nnobi in Anambra state and a staff of the bank at Olu Obasanjo Road in Port Harcourt.

According to the police, Kingsley confessed that he had been in the illicit business of bank fraud and that he just came out from the prison where he was remanded for another bank fraud running into millions of naira.

“He, however, mentioned his associates who are still on the run. He is also a cashier in the bank and work hand-in-hand with syndicates by giving out vital information of the bank’s network through which his associates access money transfered to the bank from other banks.

“They are now helping the operatives in their investigations as they have further revealed that many banks have been defrauded through this process”, the statement added.

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