Dan Okoro, commissioner of
police, anti-fraud unit, Federal Criminal Investigation Intelligence Department
(FCIID), says there are many cloned certificates and ATM cards in circulation.
Okoro raised the alarm while
briefing journalists in Lagos on the discovery of some certificates cloned by a
syndicate which specialises in printing fake documents of banks, government and
corporate organisations.
He said the syndicate had been
using the cloned documents to defraud banks, government, corporate
organisations and individuals, stressing that some bank officials were
collaborating with the suspects for the crime.
According to NAN, presidential
clearance certificates, CBN, IMF and court documents were among documents
cloned by the syndicate.
Okoro said: “I advise members of
the public against cloned certificates, ATM card and other important documents
currently in circulation. I want members of the public to keep their pin
numbers, passwords and ATM safe.
“We have some documents recovered
from one suspect arrested. We are investigating the documents and some bank
staffers allegedly collaborating the syndicate.
“It is only the bankers that have
details of every deposit in the bank. Our investigation revealed that some
bankers give information to the syndicate on how much customers have in every
account.
“The syndicate cloned documents
and transferred such money to another account, particularly, accounts with ATM
cards are their easiest target.
“Many crimes are going on in
different banks, unfortunately, the bank management will not allow the public
to know about it because they want to keep their customers trust.”
Okoro said the unit was able to
detect some of the documents through the assistance of a foreign cybersecurity
firm based in Lagos using forensic analysis equipment to unravel the identities
of the syndicate members.
The commissioner said the suspect
arrested is currently in the hospital after he collapsed during the search of
his house.
“The suspect is a website
designer. He designed many of the cloned documents. We are on the trail of
other members of the syndicate,” he said.
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