Police search for lady who withdrew N2m from woman’s account while assisting her to use ATM

The Anambra State Police Command has called on members of the public to help in identifying a lady who allegedly withdrew the sum of N2million from a woman with with disability.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Thursday, disclosed that the incident happened at a first generation bank in Nnewi, Anambra State.

Ikenga said the command intercepted a trending video of an unidentified lady in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of a commercial bank in Nnewi, who allegedly swapped an ATM card belonging to a 58-year-old and withdrew the sum of Two Million Naira (N2,000,000) in parts.

The victim is said to be a handicapped woman who was having a challenge operating the ATM before the unidentified lady who was wearing red shirt and a trouser intruded and pretended to assist.

While pretending to offer help, the lady reportedly swapped the woman’s ATM card, having discovered her pin, and withdrew the sum of N2 million in bits.

The woman burst into tears after receiving debit alerts that she didn’t processed

According to Ikenga, “The Command having commenced investigations into the incident, calls on anyone with useful information, especially residents of Nnewi and environs to help in identifying the suspect for possible arrest and prosecution.

“Preliminary information reveals that the unidentified lady suspect disguised herself to assist the victim and swapped the ATM card of the victim and a few minutes after the suspect left the ATM spot, the quinquagenarian received several debit alerts totaling the sum of Two Million Naira (N2,000,000).

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, concerned about the incident directs the Public Relations Officer of the Command to contact the victim for necessary information that will aid the investigation.

“He further directed that all intelligent gathering tools of the Command should be deployed to identify the suspect and bring her criminal gang to book.”