Police Arrest Two Nigerian Nationals For ATM Cloning, Recover 37 Cloned Cards
Monday, December 16, 2019
Police in India have arrested a two Nigerians, a former priest in Greater Noida and his assistant for cloning dozens of plastic cards by fixing skimming devices and secret cameras in ATMs in Delhi.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt the two suspects were arrested after a brief chase near D1 Market in South Delhi’s Vasant Kunj on Friday.
According to the deputy commissioner of police, Devender Arya, she disclosed that they had with them 37 cards that had already been cloned, 10 blank cards, and a host of devices used in the fraud.
“The police, however, are yet to determine the scale of their alleged fraud, she said.
Arya identified the arrested men as Oluwatoyin Isaiah, 46, and his assistant Nosa Tony — a 43-year-old man who would allegedly be given 2% of all proceeds from the crime.
“Isaiah was living on an expired visa after arriving in Delhi in 2012 on a medical visa. We recovered two passports from him. They have different names and numbers, but both have Isaiah’s photo,” Arya said.
The officer said that having overstayed his visit, Isaiah had tried his hand in the hair export business, apart from his two-year-long stint at the Greater Noida church, before coming into contact with a Bulgarian man, Eris, at Delhi airport last year.
“Eris taught Isaiah how to clone cards. They purchased a skimming device from an e-commerce site and procured the other devices a variety of sources,” Arya said.