17-Year-Old Arrested Over N900,000 POS Fraud

A 17-year-old boy, Abdulmuminu Tasiu has been arrested by police in Jigawa State for allegedly defrauding a Point of Sale vendor the sum of N900,000.

The incident according to the police occurred in Maigatari Local Government area of the state.

The arrest was confirmed by the spokesman of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam in a statement during the weekend.

According to the statement, “the incident happened on Friday when one Aminu Mustafa, 38 years old, of Unguwar Dodo quarters, Maigatari LGA, a Point of Sale (POS) vendor gave the machine to a customer to input his PIN for money withdrawal.

“The POS vendor reported to the police that an unknown person came to his POS shop to withdraw money and after giving him the POS Machine he fraudulently used it and transferred the sum of Nine Hundred thousand naira (N900,000.00k) into his account.

“On receipt of the information, police on patrol were alerted; fortunately, 17-year-old Abdulmuminu Tasi’u of Adakawa quarters, Dala LGA Kano State was arrested and brought to the station for investigation.”

The police image makers said the suspect confessed to the crime
on interrogation.

He said the suspect will be taken to court after an investigation.