Yahoo Boys Steal N6.28billion In The Biggest Bank Robbery In Nigeria

There is trouble in paradise as the Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is on the trail of a group of computer hackers, who have stolen N6.28billion, from a new generation bank in Nigeria.
The head of the IT in the bank hit is Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou, who had worked for the bank win the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) department of theunidentified bank. There is no trace of him and it is alleged that he was the one who had conspired with othersand hacked into the bank's computers, disbursing the funds to various accounts as they pleased.

Uyoyou is said to have carried out the massive heist over a short period of time.
Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, said: "They most likely got through to [Uyoyou] because he's an IT person in the bank. One Saturday, he took the 'cyber gang' to the bank under the pretext that he was going to carry out some maintenance work, allowing them
access to hardware, and they commenced to penetrate the bank's database." Uwujaren said they then increased the balances of some accounts. Sources told us that no
culprits have been arrested yet and the spokesman said "The matter is still under investigation." Banking industry sources however said that it is an Abuja branch of a new generation bank.