Police Arrest Man With 31 ATM Cards In Bauchi

Thirty-one ATM cards of different Banks have been recovered from a 44-year-old Michael Joseph of Gada Biyu, Jos Plateau State and has been arrested by the Bauchi Police Command for attempted fraud.

In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi Police Command, SP Ahmed Wakil and made available to the Nigeria Police Radio 99.1FM, the suspect it was gathered met his waterloo when he attempted to defraud a lady at a Bank’s ATM Gallery in Bauchi.

According to the statement, while in the ATM queue, the suspect insisted on knowing the type of ATM card the lady was using for the transaction which made the lady suspicious and immediately reported the suspect to the Bank’s Security Men.

Following this development, an investigation was instituted where the suspect found in his possession thirty-one ATM cards from different banks.

SP Ahmed Wakil in the statement further explained that upon interrogation the suspect revealed that he hails from Benue State, and came to Plateau State looking for job but ended up as a bus driver for 3 years.

‘’The suspected explained that he was introduced to the fraud activity by one Magaji ‘m’ of Kano State when they met at a Beer Parlor in Jos, Plateau State.

It was revealed that the suspect gathered ATM cards from different banks and went to a nearby bank and hunt for a help-seeking person who cannot operate ATM.

The suspect easily gets the ATM card pin of his victim when he assisted a non-consenting person with an ATM transaction, where he quickly swaps the victim’s ATM card with old an ATM card from the same bank in his possession.

Further investigation revealed that the suspect successfully defrauded eighteen thousand naira (N18, 000) from his first victim, while the second victim was defrauded of twenty-five (N25, 000) at a Micro Finance Bank, all in Plateau State. As the suspect succeeded at two distinct fraudulent activities, he decided to move to Bauchi State in a bit to further his fraudulent activities but met his waterloo when he attempted to defraud the lady at a Bank’s ATM Gallery situated at Banks Road, Bauchi.

The investigation is in progress after which the suspect will be charged in court,” the statement concluded