Three internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command for defrauding unsuspecting students of the Kaduna State University (KASU) of their tuition fees.
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A statement issued on Wednesday, January 31, by the spokesperson of the Kaduna state police command ASP Mansir Hassan, stated that the suspects have over time defrauded no fewer than 300 students to the tune of N60 million.
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Hassan reeled out the names of the suspects to include, Muhammad Uthman Busari of Nariya Kaduna, AbdulAzeez Hamza of Hayin Dan-mani Kaduna, and Noel Nims Audiya.
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He revealed that the suspects were known for compromising the students’ registration portal and taking undue advantage of students who prefer to pay their fees online as against the normal banking platforms.
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He disclosed further; “The suspects often collect tuition fees from students in full but will pay a lesser amount into the State’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) and go further to intercept and manipulate the electronic transaction receipts from the TSA to read complete payment.”
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Hassan who said that the suspects have since been charged to court for prosecution revealed that the suspects have so far swindled about three hundred students of KASU and the total amount involved is pegged at over N60 million out of which the lead suspect Muhammad Uthman Busari has used in building and furnishing a house, purchase of a car, electronic appliances, gadgets and plots of lands in both Kaduna and Kwara States.
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 He indicated that to checkmate the excesses of computer-related crimes in the State, the Kaduna Commissioner of Police, A D Ali, has set up a cybercrime unit aimed at investigating cybercrime-related offences.
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 Hassan noted that the victims of social media accounts hacking, fake purchase alerts, deceptive social romance, and cryptocurrency/Forex frauds among many other offences within the State can now report such for cases for further actions.
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