The National Bureau of Investigation in Philippines on Tuesday,
September 8, arrested four Nigerian nationals in Muntinlupa City for
alleged involvement in an international syndicate that hacks and siphons
funds from banks.
A video showing the moment the four Nigerian men were arrested has
emerged which also shows the men denying being involved in cyber crime.
A statement released by Vic Lorenzo, the Cybercrime Division chief of
the National Bureau of Investigation, claims the suspects' illicit
transactions were traced when they hacked a system of a Philippine bank
and allegedly transferred at least P100 million into a different
account.
"The fraudsters, Nigerians - transactions were traced when they
hacked a system of one Philippines bank, where at least P100 million
were transfered and funneled into a different account. The international
syndicate is complicated to the point that they study the system's
flaw. Once they see a weakness, they will take advantage of that," the
statement reads.
"One of the suspects' Filipina girlfriend admitted to having used
her account to deposit and withdraw money amonting to at least P2
million, which was suppossedly for tuition. Bank cards and bank receipts
were confiscated from the suspects."
However, the Nigerian students denied the allegations, citing that they
were in the country to study and that they know nothing about the
hacking incident. One of them claimed that the funds withdrawn were
donations from Nigerian student community.
The NBI said the Nigerians violated the Access Device Law, Anti-Cybercime law and falsification of public documents.
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