After spending ₹58 lakh and deploying more than 100 police officers for weeks to nab the ‘hacker’ who siphoned off over ₹9.4 crore of the AP Mahesh Co-Operative Urban Bank Limited, continues to be mysterious person.
This financial spending by police came to light when Hyderabad Commissioner of Police C.V. Anand on Wednesday declared the arrest of the Nigerian national who is accused of assisting the mysterious fraudster. The unanimous hacker is suspected to be located either in the United Kingdom or in Nigeria and has transferred the money to Nigeria, mostly likely through Hawala or cryptocurrencies, Mr. Anand said.
Despite sustained interrogation of arrested Nigerian Ikpa Stephen Orji, police claimed that they are in a helpless situation since the accused did not spill the beans. Invariably, the investigators were dependent only on the seized devices of the accused person to gather information about their activities.
