The Department of State Services, DSS has reportedly foiled a plot by a four-man syndicate to steal N4.5b from the Federal Government's Treasury Single Account, TSA with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The criminal gang had attempted to hack into the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System, GIFMIS domiciled in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF to steal the money when the plan was aborted by the under cover security outfit.
According to the spokesman of the DSS, Mr Tony Opuiyo, “the gang was led by one Sunny Okoh, a hacker who worked in collaboration with the trio of Uwem Udo Ekpo, a Chief Programme Analyst in the OAGF, Maxwell Ekene, a retired security operative and Dozie Egwu, based in Malaysia and who is now at large.
“The suspected fraudsters intended to use a software they had sourced and codes released to them by Ekpo to hack government accounts in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and defraud the government of this huge sum."
He said that the suspects have been handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution.
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