Nigerian ATM fraud syndicate smashed in Ghana!

Ghanaian police and financial intelligence agencies are investigating six Nigerians who were arrested over  Automated Teller Machine (ATM) fraud in the Greater Accra Region of the country.
They were arrested for purportedly withdrawing huge sums of money from an ECOBANK ATM machine.  They made the withdrawals with Access Bank Visa ATM cards supposedly issued in Nigeria.

The suspects were arrested in two separate incidents. The first group of three at the time of arrest had in their possession 73 Access Bank Visa ATM cards. They were said to have made a total withdrawal of GHC57, 000 (N5.5 m) from an ECOBANK ATM machine.
The second set was also alleged to have withdrawn from the same ECOBANK ATM machine to the tune of GHC100, 000 (almost N10m).
They also had Visa cards issued by Citi Bank.
Preliminary findings by the security agencies after their arrest at the weekend revealed that they might belong to a cartel involved in transferring ill-gotten state funds out of Nigeria.  
The Head of Corporate Communications and Branch Manager at Access Bank (Ghana) Ltd, Mr. Nana Edu Kyeremanteng, who confirmed the incident, said investigation was in progress on the matter.

(Daily Trust)