A Nigerian man identified as Godwin Onwuneme Udu was
arrested at Haatso, Ghana on July 19, for allegedly hacking into a bank’s
electronic mail and stealing GH¢25,000. The deputy director in-charge of the Unit, Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP) Eugene Nyavor, said the management of the bank
(name withheld) arrested and handed over Godwin to the police.
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| Godwin Onwuneme |
Godwin allegedly transferred the cash from the customer and
transferred it into his personal account at a different bank. He was nabbed by
the police and bank officials on his way to withdraw the money from his bank at
Haatso.
It was also revealed that he been operating with other gangsters and
have engaged in another fraud case also being handled by the Documentation
Fraud Unit at the police headquarter in Accra.
According to ASP Nyavor, the suspect hacked into the bank’s
email account and transferred the money from a customer’s account into a
different account. The bank noticed the fraud and mounted surveillance, which
led to his arrest at the Haatso branch of the bank where he had gone to
withdraw some money using a check book. He has provisionally been charged for
stealing and is being prepared for court.
ASP Nyavor urged banks to consult expects to monitor their
control systems to save them from any financial losses.
"Bankers must also ensure that they get authorization
from customers before huge sums of money are given out, even when the bearer
has a check book," he said.
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