EFCC Press Release
Operatives of
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a syndicate of
scammers for attempting to defraud Enterprise Bank Plc. Ola Lawal, Olumide Kayode
and Abass Adekunle were arrested following a botched attempt to compromise
the bank’s system and steal depositors’ funds using an electronic device known
as Keelog Key Grabber.
The trio’s
arrest was made possible by an insider who revealed to the bank’s management
that some fraudsters were planning to gain access to its network, using a
device called Keelog Key Grabber.
Investigations
showed that, a staff of the bank, was contacted by one of the suspected
fraudsters, who proposed a business arrangement to him on how to hack into the
system of the bank. The staff subsequently informed the management of the bank and he was
instructed to play along with the fraudster.
In the
arrangement, an electronic device called keelog Key Grabber would be used to
harvest passwords of some of the key operation staff of the bank. The grabber
was meant to be plugged into the computer system of the Head of Operation of a
particular branch, to retrieve information technology configuration settings
from the computer system and pave the way for the fraudsters to move customers’
funds out of the bank.
Lawal
was arrested while trying to hand over the Keelog Key Grabber to the staff. His
arrest led to the arrest of two other suspects: Olumide Kayode Maborukoje
and Abass Ajibade. Items recovered from
them include: a keylogger, a laptop, a router, a modem, sim cards, USB keyhole
log with a template of keylogger and a jotter containing some account numbers
which they intended to use for the fraud.
The
suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media
& Publicity
1st September, 2014
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