Just-In: Notorious ATM Card Fraudster Arrested

A notorious fraudster who’s specialised in swapping ATM cards at ATM points, Osasi Chinozom Juliet, has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for fraud-related cases on the 18th of March 2022.

The 24-year-old suspect was intercepted by a team of Operation Puff Adder led by the Divisional Police Officer, Nasarawa Division, SP Daniel Itse Amah, while on patrol along Murtala Mohammed way.

It was gathered that the suspect of Enugu road, Sabon Gari in Kano State and who has been on the wanted list had 17 ATM cards from different banks.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, revealed that after her arrest, a victim Yusuf Tijjani complained that on the 17th of March 2022, the suspect approached him while seeking assistance to operate an ATM, deceitfully collected, and changed his ATM card, and withdrew the sum of fifteen thousand nairas (N15,000:00) from his account.

During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime. She further confessed that she specialized in swapping ATM cards by claiming to be a staff of the bank where she met customers to assist them to operate the machine. She has ATM cards from almost all the banks in Kano, making it easy for her to swap the ATMs. He claimed to have withdrawn money from many people’s accounts after swapping their ATM cards.

A more discreet investigation by the force revealed that the suspect deceived, swapped the ATM cards of many victims, and withdrew money from their bank accounts.

Meanwhile, she has been charged to court for prosecution.