Six Arrested After Hacking Into A Bank’s Software To Steal GH₵ 48 Million

The Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service has apprehended six persons in relation to the hacking and subsequent siphoning of GH₵ 48 million from a bank’s software and onward transfers to eight people saving with different banks.

The Cyber Crime Unit which falls under the police’s Criminal Investigations Department arrested a former banker and owner of Adom Sika Savings and Loans Limited, Sam Acquah, and a software specialist, James Taylor, believed to be the architects of the whole fraud.

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The four other accomplices, Hudu Abdul Mumuni, Emmanuel Adams, Moro Issah and Agbenu Febous Chrissy were nabbed when they attempted to withdraw the money at different banks.

However two other suspects of the syndicate who were identified as Boateng Mends and Pussy Cat managed to abscond before they could be apprehended.

The syndicate succeeded in infiltrating the bank’s system and transferred huge sums of money into their individual accounts at diiferent banks.

The affected bank then lodged a complaint with the police outfit which began an investigation immediately. The police informed the other banks of the illegal transfer and ordered them to refuse withdrawal.

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The four men were arrested at different locations in their attempts to withdraw the illegally wired money. Sam Acquah and James Taylor were later picked up during preliminary investigation.

The police in a statement added that the suspects would be arraigned before a law court soon while efforts are made to arrest the other two who absconded.

SOURCE: AfricaCelebrities.com