Luck has ran out on a suspected fraudster inside a banking hall of a popular commercial bank as he attempted to use a fake identity and ATM to empty the account of a customer.
Nigerians queuing to collect money from ATM
46-year-old suspected fraudster identified as Benjamin Brown Umanah, who hails from Etete LGA of Akwa Ibom State, has been apprehended by officials of a Union Bank branch in Ogere area of Ogun State in his attempt to withdraw money from a customer’s account.
It was gathered that the scammer had walked into the bank with a forged ID card and an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card bearing the name, Fidelis Damar. He had approached the customer care unit for enquiries when one of the bankers allegedly asked him a sensitive question on the customer’s account.
According to reports, luck ran out on him when he was unable to respond in the affirmative as he was subsequently arrested and taken to the bank’s headquarters in Lagos from where he ended up in police net.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed the arreste, told newsmen that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and that his intention was to use the ATM card to empty the owner’s account.
Umanah also allegedly told the police that he had been withdrawing money from bank customers’ accounts for the past three years in the same manner with the help of an insider without any problem.
His case comes up for hearing on March 23, even as he has been remanded in Ikoyi prisons.