Osun State Police Command has apprehended three teenagers for allegedly hacking into the account of their victim and transferred N352,100 illegally.
The state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, told journalists in Osogbo, the state capital, at the weekend, that the suspects conspired to commit the crime.
He said the suspects, Emmanuel David ,19, Chubuike Ogbonna,16,and Jesse Izedi,16,transferred the amount from a Union Bank account of their victims into an account number 100047892 which was later traced to the suspects.
Olokode disclosed that the suspects were arrested on February 11, 2022, at the Ojoo area, Lagos state.
The suspect who confessed to having played different roles in hacking the account of their victims, said they shared the proceeds according to the role played by individuals.
While David was the team leader who brought the deal, Izedi confessed that he explained how to get the pin from the date of birth of their victim and it worked.
Izedi said: “He told me he has an account and I told him how to get the pin from the date of birth. He guessed the pin and he got it. He gave me N10,000.”
Ogbonna, who confessed that his account was used to collect the money, said “he gave me N37,000.”
They said their parents have refunded the money.
